I have been—and perhaps in some ways will always be—one of the denizens, the followers, the 100% skeptical and yet…
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Oprah, the Rorschach test
April 5, 2011
Focusing on Oprah as an icon/inkblot, we can use our reactions to her as a Rorschach test: What do we…
Surviving the secular
March 18, 2011
Whether you see “the secular” as a threat or a refuge, an option or an impulse, we are all trying…
Spirituality, mediation, consumption
March 8, 2011
Oprah is a compelling object for the scholarly study of religion as a contemporary phenomenon. She is mass-mediated, commercial, and…
What is Oprah?: An interview with Kathryn Lofton
January 26, 2011
In Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, just out from University of California Press, Yale religion professor Kathryn Lofton orchestrates…
Consuming religion
October 7, 2010
Diane Winston offers up her take on the Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey at The Huffington Post.