“The new age of American exorcisms.”
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ChatGPT Goes to Church
“Should large language models write sermons and prayers?”
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Soundscapes of the Silenced
“In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification. Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.”
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They Took Part in Apache Ceremonies. Their Schools Expelled Them for Satanic Activities.
“Educators on the Fort Apache Reservation have repeatedly condemned teens for participating in a sacred dance. It follows a pattern of Christian discipline begun more than a century ago.”
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The Judgment of São Miguel
“But so many had turned away from his church that soon, demographers say, if not already, Brazil would for the first time no longer be majority-Catholic.”
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Inside the Kenyan Cult That Starved Itself to Death
“During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating.”
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The Vatican’s Secret Role in the Science of IVF
“More than half a century ago, men of science and men of faith gathered together to unlock the mysteries of female fertility. The answer: urine from the brides of Christ. And lo, those nuns gaveth.”
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In this Field of Orbs
“Like a good independent woman, I contain multitudes but never the ones I’ve drawn for myself.”
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The Dance of Śiva
“Śiva moves in dance, in sculpture, in painting, in poetry, in ritual, in physics … And still he is not done. What are we to do?”
