Christianity

Dan Deacon, 10/18/12, Crescent Ballroom

Dan Deacon @ Crescent Ballroom|10/18/12Dan Deacon's live shows are not only deafening, they're legendary. I've heard of his infamous methods of crowd participation, playing on the floor, surrounded by his fans, even using coercion to get everyone to play along. Basically, he'll unsympathetically poi ... More >>

Lamb of God and Dethklok Cancel Tour

See also: We Spoke to Lamb of God's Chris Adler Before the Band's Future Was Up in the Air See also: Lamb of God Controversy: Tempe Metal Band TOAD Sounds Off The continued incarceration of Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic in alleged connection with the death of a fan in 2010 ... More >>

Is Arizona's New Law Allowing Bible Classes in Schools a Good Idea?

Governor Jan Brewer signed House Bill 2563, which allows high schools to offer classes on "how the Bible has influenced Western culture," although nothing requires youngsters to take the class.It also creates and exemption for the Bible from a law that says "all books, publications, papers and aud ... More >>

Arizona Kids Can Now Learn About the Bible at School -- but No Other Religious Texts

Under Arizona law, "all books, publications, papers and audiovisual materials of a sectarian, partisan or denominational character" are prohibited from public schools and their libraries.Thanks to Governor Jan Brewer's signature on House Bill 2563, that law now excludes the Bible.The Bible's been de ... More >>

Russell Pearce in Trouble with LDS Church, Brahm Resnik Scores

Kudos to Channel 12's Brahm Resnik for this story about state Senate President Russell Pearce landing in scalding H2O with his own Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was at the same recent Republican Legislative District 18 meeting, and when I learned about the footage of it availab ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 22, 2011

Warren Jeffs Released From Hospital After Failing to Starve Himself to Death

Warren Jeffs survived self-imposed starvation.​About three weeks after failing to starve himself to death while rotting in a Texas prison, child-raping cult leader Warren Jeffs has been released from the hospital and taken back to the big house.Jeffs, the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church ... More >>

Epic Tale

Warren Jeffs Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Child "Brides"

www.article.wn.comWarren Jeffs​Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See fo ... More >>

Former Pedro the Lion Frontman David Bazan's Solo Works Move Beyond Christian Indie Rock

Gabrielle Giffords Shares Alma Mater with Margaret Hance, Ann Symington

courtesy of Scripps College Gabrielle Giffords in Mennonite garb, 1993. ​An eclectic collection of politically involved Arizona women have graduated from Scripps College, Gabrielle Giffords' alma mater. Margaret Hance, Phoenix mayor from 1976-83 went there. Class of '45. So did Ann Symin ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 21, 2010

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 30, 2010

Greek Festivals and Shrimp Tostadas in Today's Eater's Digest

eclecticrecipes.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Going GreekSeptember 23 - 26 spend an evening down south for the Tucson Greek Festival at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. Live music, Dancing and of course plenty of food. Everything fro ... More >>

Rumored Lamb Of God Show in Tempe Actually A Religious Thingy

Victor PalaganoLamb Of God performing at this year's Mayhem Festival. For more picture from the concert click here.​Virginia metal band Lamb Of God is not playing a secret show in Tempe anytime soon. How do we know? The band sent out a press release clarifying that a Lamb Of God-related event in m ... More >>

The Pope Loves Michael Jackson? The Vatican Newspaper Tries Music Criticism

You know you wanna find out what his top 10 list is like...​No. This is not the start of a really bad or tasteless joke. Recently, the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano came out with a list of the ten best rock/pop albums. And the results may be surprising. In no particular order they are: ... More >>

Hot Links: Dale Fushek, Ten Commandments, and Taser the Dog

​The Senate Appropriations Committee voted yesterday to require that a copy of the Ten Commandments be placed in front of the old state capitol. The bill calls for the Legislative Council to seek donations for erection of the monument, and will now go to the full Senate for final approval...A dog ... More >>

Community Movie Night: Religulous

Thirst: Park Chan Wook Gets Positively Trendy – With a Vampire Flick

On Gabachos and Catholic Mass

Cruel Twist of Faith

Cynical tale details 1600s-era church strife

Bishop Thomas Olmsted Does Little for His Hispanic Flock, and Joe's Protected by an Army of Louts.

Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall Fire Started by 14-year-old, Says Fire Department

  Hellfire and damnation came to a Mesa Kingdom Hall last month in the form of an arsonist who lit up the place. The fire caused $500,000 in damage to the building, a church for Jehovah's Witnesses. As it turns out, this wasn't retribution by a jealous god, nor the devious act of a pe ... More >>

On Pedophiles and Pinches

Mormon Magazine: Quit Energy Drinks Now and Avoid Being Slain by the "Destroying Angel"

If you know anything about Mormons, it's that they typically avoid coffee and other products with caffeine. Yet many Mormons recognize that caffeine isn't exactly heroin, and there appears to be a healthy debate within the Church of Latter Day Saints over the use of the drug. In the wake of an expl ... More >>

Doubt, a Parable Presents a Catholic Boys' School Melodrama That Will Leave You Second-Guessing Yourself

Hispanic News' Jon Garrido disses gays (including Gov. Janet Napolitano), claims "98% of Hispanics" think likewise.

Special Mother Edicíon

What Would Jesus Do?

The winged wonder speaks for Jesus when it says: Keep Father Dale on his "electronic" leash! Plus, inside local Hollyweird casting calls

Matisyahu

Oy, Hassidic reggae

Altar Ego

In Arizona, John Feit's an angel of mercy. In south Texas, many believe the ex-priest's a rapist and murderer

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters undermine both the Catholic Church and the popular image of Ireland

Beat It!

A priest is freed on a technicality. But it was the bishop who freed him to prey.

Revelations

In the face of two indictments, Bishop O'Brien has gone back into hiding

Moral Minority

Bishop Thomas O'Brien is banking on attorney Michael Manning to save the soul of the Phoenix Diocese. The problem: O'Brien still has demons in his office.

Voodoo Priestess

Mistress' ministry melds Mormonism, magic and tropical fruit

We're talkin' Football

Letters from the week of May 30, 2002

Ethics, Morals and Sex Ads, Oh My!

Letters from the week of May 16, 2002

Stapley Manner

County Supervisor Don Stapley made a killing on a shady development and sank the profits into a mansion. Then he told the tax assessor to value his estate at $863,000 -- while listing it for sale at $2.5 million.

Faith Lift

The Third Miracle may make a believer out of you

Exorcise in Futility

As demonic-possession thrillers go, Stigmata's no head-turner

Sid & Jesus

Raising hell in the Valley's Christian punk scene

Out with the old

he 80-somethings at retirement home Desert Crest face eviction. But that's just business, says the home's owner--which happens to be an agency of the Roman Catholic church.

Letters

Letters

Cultural Intercourse

Some Hacked-Off Smokers

The struggle to undo Mesa's antismoking law ranges from the reasonable to the hysterical

STAR GATE

THE DISTRICT SIXTHIS CONGRESSIONAL MATCH WAS MADE IN HEAVEN

The Tangled Roots of Doug Wead

Preacher, peddler, Beltway meddler