In a recent piece for The Big Roundtable, Daniel A. Gross profiled Alasdair Ekpenyong, a gay Mormon struggling to make sense of his sexuality within the context of his faith. Alasdair sought answers in many venues, including alternative communities and Mormon history. From the story: That winter, Alasdair began to write a series of academic essays about the […]
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The Pagan Rituals of Modern Winemaking
I had come back to AmByth to help hasten the vines’ resurrection by taking part in a ritual. I’d been invited the month before, while dining with Philip Hart and his wife, Mary. We’d talked for several hours that night, around their fireplace, wine glasses in hand. They asked me why I was so interested […]
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Reading List: Religion Gone Extreme
Emily Perper is a word-writing human working at a small publishing company. She blogs about her favorite longreads at Diet Coker. Each of these stories this week is about a facet of religion gone extreme, and each is an example of why these pieces of longform journalism are important. There is detailed, professional storytelling, gripping […]
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Reading List: Religion Gone Extreme
Emily Perper is a word-writing human working at a small publishing company. She blogs about her favorite longreads at Diet Coker. Each of these stories this week is about a facet of religion gone extreme, and each is an example of why these pieces of longform journalism are important. There is detailed, professional storytelling, gripping […]
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The Church That Doesn’t Believe in Seatbelts or Eyeglasses
Robert Huber visits members of the First Century Gospel Church, who believe in the power of prayer over medicine, to get a sense of why a couple let two of their children die of illnesses that could have been treated by doctors.
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The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side: Our Longreads Member Pick
Mark Oppenheimer | The Atlantic Books | November 2013 | 88 minutes (22,700 words) Longreads Members not only support this service, but they receive exclusive ebooks from the best writers and publishers in the world. Our latest Member Pick, The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side, is a new story by Mark Oppenheimer and The Atlantic Books, […]
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The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side: Our Longreads Member Pick
Mark Oppenheimer | The Atlantic Books | November 2013 | 88 minutes (22,700 words) Longreads Members not only support this service, but they receive exclusive ebooks from the best writers and publishers in the world. Our latest Member Pick, The Zen Predator of the Upper East Side, is a new story by Mark Oppenheimer and The Atlantic Books, […]
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Reading List: What We Believe
Emily Perper is a word-writing human working at a small publishing company. She blogs about her favorite longreads at Diet Coker. This week’s reading list explores religious understanding and our different beliefs. 1. “Your Belief Here.” (Joelle Renstrom, Killing the Buddha, October 2013) Renstrom’s cross-wearing Christian classmates didn’t understand her agnostic Unitarian beliefs, which blend […]
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Reading List: What We Believe
Emily Perper is a word-writing human working at a small publishing company. She blogs about her favorite longreads at Diet Coker. This week’s reading list explores religious understanding and our different beliefs. 1. “Your Belief Here.” (Joelle Renstrom, Killing the Buddha, October 2013) Renstrom’s cross-wearing Christian classmates didn’t understand her agnostic Unitarian beliefs, which blend […]
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Reading List: Double Consciousness and Religion
Emily Perper is a freelance editor and reporter, currently completing a service year in Baltimore with the Episcopal Service Corps. 1. “Two Decades After Crown Heights, What’s It Like to Be Black and Orthodox Jewish?” (Wayne Lawrence & Molly Langmuir, New York magazine, December 2012) A gorgeous blend of photography and personal testimony give this […]