By Peter Manseau When Pope Benedict XVI visited Auschwitz in 2006, the prayer service he led began with the words “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Words from the Psalms, they no doubt had been uttered within the prison gates before, by Jews praying as Jews in their final day...

Indian canoodling couples face the wrath of the Sri Ram Sene. By Meera Subramanian On January 24th, a group of self-proclaimed morality police stormed Amnesia, a swank and dimly lit bar in the city of Mangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. As television cameras rolled for the staged e...

By Angela Zito Groundhog Day is upon us again. Having once discussed the film with Alex Kusczynski of the NYT, back in 2003, I am approached yearly by journalists who find this first interviw online for my “take” on the film starring Bill Murray. I just spent half an hour talking with ...

13 dispatches from the forgotten frontiers, crooked paths, and cul-de-sacs of religion reporting in America. By Jeff Sharlet Last week, I rounded up my favorite religion-related stories of 2008, and, over at Religion Dispatches, my favorite religion-related books of 2008, along with "best of" lists ...

And Oxford Americanize your ears. By Jeff Sharlet Every year I plug the annual Oxford American Southern Music Issue here on The Revealer because A) I love it; B) I usually have a piece in it, which is independent of me loving the only music magazine that always cares as much about the words on the p...

By Jeff Sharlet Following are links to my favorite religion stories of 2008. It's a long but not all-inclusive list that favors my interests and some publications -- I live in New York, and I read locally -- while sleighting others I should have read but didn't (sorry, Chicago media). You surely hav...

A maverick Jewish record producer with an ear for black music teams up with artists considered behind the times to produce albums -- actual vinyl -- that reinvigorate mainstream pop. This isn't Cadillac Records......

Some of the most interesting texts of 2008, selected by the contributing editors of The Revealer. Annual "Best Book" lists should usually be read as a review of the best publicity jobs of the year -- the books that make the list, as wonderful as they may be, are most often those backed up by dedicat...

And Oxford Americanize your ears. By Jeff Sharlet Every year I plug the annual Oxford American Southern Music Issue here on The Revealer because A) I love it; B) I usually have a piece in it, which is independent of me loving the only music magazine that always cares as much about the words on the p...

Jack Black reprises his Mr. Show role as Jeepers Creepers -- aka Jesus -- in the all-star, too late, anti-Prop 8 musical. You can see both impersonations of the divine.....