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"...author Tertullian, who said the following about his religion, Christianity: "It is true because it is impossible."..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Death Row Inmate Preaches to Prisoners Daily. Now the State Plans to Kill Him.

Saving body and soul

"...human being. They are, in the parlance of evangelical Christianity, laying hands on Big Will...."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

AFS Film Series Abraham/Ibrahim Highlights Diversity and Common Ground

Spotlight on the cinema of the Middle East, North Africa

"...derives its name from the shared ancestor of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, the three major religions of the region..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Faith and Fatness in The Whale

Darren Aronofsky and writer Samuel D. Hunter redefine the religious movie

"...Hunter described as representing a "uniquely American" form of Christianity, one inextricably intertwined with westward expansion. "It feels like..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows

"...Hayter, a pianist and vocalist fluent in opera, approaches Christianity with the same blood-soaked discomfort she unleashed upon rapists..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five aGLIFF Movies to Stream at Home

Award winners and hometown heroes of queer cinema jump online

"...Transphobia and homophobia have become synonymous with evangelical Christianity, but Daresha Kyi's South by Southwest favorite documentary reconsiders..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Review: Rapper Billy Woods Has the Most Intense Lyrics at an Extreme Music Festival

His lines read like a poetry book bound in human flesh

"...combines a bold religious critique with a Brontë reference: “Christianity is cultural appropriation/ Free masons, Mason Betha came out..."

May 14, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Doc Proves That Being an Evangelical Christian Doesn't Have to Mean Transphobia

Love above all others in Mama Bears

"...right from the Bible. “Right at the heart of Christianity is supposed to be love. Jesus said, above all..."

March 18, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Festival Review: Larry Flynt for President

New documentary gets inside the Hustler publisher's campaign

"...on the religious right, the unholy alliance of conservative Christianity and commerce that plagues America to this day. Her..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Laying on Hands, Praying Out Loud

Another death row inmate sues Texas for preventing his free exercise of religion

"...people, I put a hand on them," he told Christianity Today in a recent interview. "When I go to..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Faster Than Sound: Free Lunch Creatives Feed Austin’s Unhoused

Musicians rally for emergency storm relief, and Spicewood's Katy Kirby debuts on Keeled Scales.

"...riffs Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," endeavor her own distancing from Christianity, which Kirby shared with her parents while living at..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

In Horrifying Times, the Haunting Season Is More Important Than Ever

This is Halloween

"...lost but now a festival of bonfires and masks. Christianity set Allhallowtide, the days between All Saints and All..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Features Feature by Richard Whittaker

Read The Platforms

"...vote? Read the f----ing platforms. Republicans will enforce fundamentalist Christianity for “the sanctity of innocent human life, created in..."

Oct. 12, 2020 Postmarks

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...was a bit that we had to cut about Christianity, that you have to create monsters because you have..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: The Devil’s Playthings

Your nation is counting on you!

"...the frequency and intensity of your masturbation. Why? Well, Christianity wouldn't be much of a religion if it wasn't..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Multifarious Mike Wiebe

Music, comedy, faux-Christianity: the many faces of the Drakulas/Riverboat Gamblers frontman

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Three Faiths, One Message: Welcome the Stranger

Faith communities come together in support of refugee resettlement locally and statewide

"...On Sunday, three faith communities – Judaism, Islam, and Christianity – came together at Saint John's United Methodist Church..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Francesca D'Annunzio

Patrick Murphy Granted Second Stay

The Texas Seven member spared within days of execution

".... . . to make a last-minute conversion to Christianity, maybe, you know, confess my sins and accept Christ.”)..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Levitation Interview: Lingua Ignota

Kristin Hayter on academia, catholicism & the complexity of violence

"...abuse has happened – especially within the Catholic Church. Christianity's contribution to oppression and colonialism is horrifying. At the..."

Nov. 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Review: Jesus Christ Superstar

New touring production electrifies with freshness and urgency

"...story will play out, and in the legacy of Christianity as critiqued by Judas in the afterlife. Everything that's..."

Oct. 15, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Luv Doc: Being Circumspect

A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person

"...By contrast, Donald Trump is pretty much Mother Teresa..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Luv Doc

AFS Grant Winner Over the Rainbow Explores Scientology Beyond the Drama

Finding empathy where there is none

"...in the human need that leads to Scien­tology or Christianity or internet communities or ..." He continued like this..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Britt Hayes

Music, Spirituality, and Social Justice Meet at New Story Festival

Three-day mash-up offers holistic approach to change

"...was in most of what I've seen of American Christianity today, in terms of 'love your neighbor, work with..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Get in the Spirit of Spring With These Classic Movies

Our critics poke their noses out after winter

"...ray loop. My favorite Easter double-bill is Bergman’s haunting, Christianity vs. Paganism parable The Virgin Spring, backed by Wes..."

April 7, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Where Did Valentine’s Day Come From?

The beginning was, as for most of us, totally erotic

"...Jump ahead to the advent, so to speak, of Christianity, and to the repression of all things sexual. Juno's..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bob Dylan

"...for Dylan's most misunderstood turn – his conversion to Christianity...."

Dec. 8, 2017 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Health Care Protest at Ted Cruz's Office

"...like Senator Cruz that is literally the opposite of Christianity. I don't like to throw around "literally" but they're..."

June 26, 2017 Photo Gallery

Lege Lines: The “Sanctuary Cities” Bill's Detrimental Effect

Can anybody reasonably testify in support of SB 4?

"...– often operating under the stated influence of rigid Christianity – had the opportunity to be moved by the..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Exploring the Auteurs of Early Black Cinema

AFS screens rare and influential selections from the Pioneers of African-American Cinema

"...vestige of overt white supremacy through the role of Christianity as a savior mechanism of black souls, and subsequently,..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

Lege Lines: Islamophobia Is out of Hand

In Texas and the nation, anti-refugee and anti-Muslim fervor grows

"...if Biedermann would also hold a forum on radical Christianity or radical Judaism, White shot back: "How dare you..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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