Writing last Friday in The Wall Street Journal, sociologist Donald B. Kraybill suggested an entertaining alternative to Amish in the City:
Yo, city dudes, you got punk'd!
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Julia Child's eclectic worldview
In the hundreds of obituaries and tributes published today about Julia Child (pictured with her late husband, Paul), there’s little indication about her beliefs, though The New York Times drops some hints:
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The amazing, nonpartisan adventures of Choice Chick
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What's monotheism got to do with it?
I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last words of Daniel PearlEdited by Judea and Ruth Pearl Jewish Lights Publishing, 260 pages, $24.99
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A challenge: Produce a "God's Official Party" quote
Matea Gold of the Los Angeles Times has highlighted some of the lingering awkwardness as the Kerry campaign begins challenging Republicans’ strength among regular churchgoers. That initiative has led Kerry to talk more about his faith, even while saying he does not wear his faith on his sleeve — unlike, say, a certain Texan who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
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Anne Lamott, call your agent
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is now two-for-two in the Democratic National Committee’s Director of Religious Outreach Sweepstakes.
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Mapping America's souls
The red-and-blue maps of how each county voted in the 2000 presidential election have acquired an iconic power that may last for decades. You’ll see frequent references on GetReligion to red or blue states (or counties). Kedron Bardwell, who left an irenic comment on our recent Democrats & the God thing thread, makes good use of such a map on his blog, Flyover Nation.
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The tears of a clown
Standup comedian Brad Stine faces the same dilemmas as many other evangelicals in the performing arts. In the Aug. 9 & 16 issue of The New Yorker, Adam Green describes Stine’s surrendering his ambitions to God:
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Praise the Lord and pass the reptile
Laura Miller of Salon tries mightily, in her ingenious twin review of The Twilight of Atheism by Alister McGrath and The End of Faith by Sam Harris, to adopt the enlightened tone of one who sees past two extremes.
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