Ideas and action for a new generation. en-us http://www.religiondispatches.org/rss/button.gif http://www.religiondispatches.org/ Religion Dispatches http://www.religiondispatches.org/ Copyright 2010 Religion Dispatched. All rights reserved. en-us http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/rdbook/2018/gmo_or_no%3A_problematic_intersections_of_religion%2C_biotechnology%2C_and_food__/ <p>Can a genetically altered hot dog be kosher? Can a vegetarian eat a tomato that has animal DNA in it? Is modified corn just another instance of colonialism? These and other questions are broached in a new anthology, sure to make excellent Thanksgiving dinner conversation.</p> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST Brittany Shoot http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/rdbook/1912/mennonite_in_a_midlife_crisis_%28of_faith%29/ <p>Poet and writer Rhoda Janzen rebounded from a series of overlapping crises by going home to her Mennonite family&mdash;and lived to tell the (surprisingly funny) tale.</p> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:00:01 PDT Brittany Shoot http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/rdbook/1427/growing_up_cult%3A_a_memoir_of_life_with_sri_chinmoy/ <p>Sri Chinmoy wanted to win a Nobel prize, and to be more famous than the Dalai Lama or the Pope. Jayanti Tamm writes a book about what happens when a good guru goes bad.</p> Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT Brittany Shoot http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/rdbook/1343/christian_punk_meets_american_pop%3B_evangelicals_in_the_%E2%80%99burbs/ <p>How did Christianity become so commercial? Is religious punk rock an oxymoron? The author of a new book on suburban evangelicalism and Christian heavy metal shows how Christian youth culture has been commodified and sold to secular audiences.</p> Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:01 PDT Brittany Shoot