What we learned in 2008

Features

Magazines and blogs have put out their year end “top religious stories of the year” lists, notably Time, Religion Newswriters Association, and the Huffington Post. Here at Not About Religion, religious literacy is paramount. Therefore, we have put together a list of the top 5 things that we learned from religious stories in 2008.
1. US [...]

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“Stars” by Maya Weksler

Blog

If it’s possible for a four-and-a-half minute animated short to capture the power of religious myth, this little gem has done it.

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Obama, Warren, and middle ground

Perspective

In an era where words like “diversity” and “bipartisanship” are so en vogue, why is there such as uproar over President-elect Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inaugural ceremony on January 20th?
Obama’s progressive supporters feel betrayed by his choosing a Prop 8 supporting, right wing pastor who puts gay [...]

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Los Angeles

fiction

“An unprofitable servant of God,” her father called me. His eyes black as blood. Angie loved him, but she adored (worshiped) me. “Don’t defile her purity boy,” he’d say. “Your love should be for Christ, not my Angie.” He spoke of love, but couldn’t grasp Divine Love, our love. So it was necessary. Silly [...]

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Mega selling monks are no boy band

Blog

When the monks of Heilegendreuz Abbey in Austria signed a recording contract with Universal Records, many had concerns about how their sacred chants would be marketed. Some of the younger men of the abbey worried that they would be portrayed as a “boy group”.
A boy group?
Yeah a boy group.
While the monks say Universal was [...]

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U.S. Presidents’ religious affiliations

The Short-list

Religion, perhaps now so more than ever, plays a pivotal role in how the media portrays the President of the United States. It’s common knowledge that Barack Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ. But what about the other 43 U.S. Presidents?

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According to Esau

fiction

Call me Esau. Or call me Edom, for that is the name of my nation and of my people, the Edomites. I have become very wealthy and powerful, acquiring vast amounts of land, countless flocks and herds, a great household, and an army of 400 men. I am a self made man. All that [...]

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Poem: God Fearing Blues

poetry

My girl comes home from church,
wearing that pretty flower dress.
Every single Sunday,
that same pretty flower dress.
But there’s a stain that getting bigger.
It troubles me, I must confess.

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Choosing my religion

Blog

Choosing your religion is a difficult thing. Weighing the pros and cons, I dig this bloke’s method.

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Holiday gifts for the spiritual knowledge seeker

Features

Jolly or not, ’tis the the season to be shopping. We’ve assembled a list of gifts for your favorite spiritual knowledge seeker. Or, if you are the seeker who’s looking to drop hints, you could leave this page open on your computer while you head out. Or better yet, print it out and leave a copy on the kitchen table.

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This is not about religion. Well…actually it is. shhhh!

Perspective

Not About Religion is a magazine that looks at the world of faith and belief from the perspective of an outsider. Curiously peering through the windows, but not quite ready to walk through the front door.

Not About Religion takes an optimistically skeptical approach to the study of faith and belief. Hoping to see a ray of light, an epiphany, something to connect with—but seeing too many uncertainties, having too many questions.

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