Monday, November 2, 2009 12:52 AM PST
By The Associated Press
PORTLAND — Oregon authorities are investigating the death of the newborn son of a member of a faith healing church after a state medical examiner determined the cause was pneumonia and complications from premature birth.
Dr. Clifford Nelson said the infant was born at about 32 to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fundamentalism’
Authorities say faith-healing church baby died from pneumonia (AP)
A Playlist for Recovering Fundies
After a wonderful month off I’m finding it hard to get back into writing, so I decided to start with something fun. Feel free to send your own suggestions whether they be healing, funny, defiant, irreverent or inspiring, and I’ll add them to the list at www.spaces.live.com/awaypoint. — Valerie
A couple of years back, I dragged my [...]
The Internet Monk interviews Dr. Valerie Tarico
Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
What’s the point?
1. Evangelicals are constantly mischaracterizing non-theists. We need to listen and not preach.
2. [...]
Through a glass, darkly: How the Christian right is reimagining U.S. history
From Harper’s Magazine (2006)
By Jeff Sharlet
We keep trying to explain away American fundamentalism. Those of us not engaged personally or emotionally in the biggest political and cultural movement of our times — those on the sidelines of history — keep trying to come up with theories with which to discredit the evident allure of [...]
Christian belief through the lens of cognitive science, part 1 of 6
Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle.
My father died in a climbing accident when he was 59, and I was in [...]
For the skeptic in all of you
For those out there who argue that there’s no harm in religion, check it out.
New movie “Agora” crusades against fundamentalism
This movie, about Hypatia, is an indictment of fundamentalism and of the intolerance of belief. It recently debuted in Cannes.
Set in 4th century Alexandria in Egypt, during the onset of decadence in the Roman Empire, Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz (“The Constant Gardener”) portrays the legendary Hypatia, who devoted herself to science, the search for truth and [...]