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Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote a playful article last week about the Christian Comic Creators Summit at Judson College. It was a humble summit, attracting only 14 writers and artists.
This week in religion news begins with glad tidings for Anglicans and comedy fans alike: the producers of The Simpsons have invited Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, to consider a guest appearance.
Ohmygod, Madonna is on tour again (Or is it Ohmigod or Ohmagod? Google isn’t sure) and the pop press is treating it like the 12th coming.
Sorry to be getting to this subject a few days late. I am teaching in Washington, D.C., for the next month or so and it has taken some time (technologically speaking) to get settled in. But I wanted to flash back to Doug’s post about the Newsweek cover story on the “Left Behind” guys (NASCAR team and all).
I thought I saw a religion ghost this morning in a New York Times story about God, man and Wal-Mart. Well, maybe God was in there somewhere.
A comment from an anonymous reader starts with the question of whether “The Passion of the Christ” will receive an attention at the 2005 Oscars. But Mr./Ms. noname ends up somewhere else that is much more interesting.
There is nothing that can be added to this report, other than a massive cheer (and a sign of relief).
Don Lattin of the San Francisco Chronicle must be the envy of every religion writer who loves the comedy of John Cleese. Lattin nabbed an interview with the Monty Python veteran before Cleese made a series of Bay Area fundraising appearances for Esalen, the Big Sur-based institute known for spreading Eastern thought in the West.
