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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Peter Marina Tells of His Adventures In Pentecostalism and Tongue-Speaking

    Like everything else, there are rules to tongue-speaking. Peter Marina, now a visiting assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis spent four years embedded in a small Pentecostal church in Brownsville, an impoverished neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, doing ethnograph ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2012

    Festival of Jewish Life

    Like everything else, there are rules to tongue-speaking. Peter Marina, now a visiting assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis spent four years embedded in a small Pentecostal church in Brownsville, an impoverished neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, doing ethnograph ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 8, 2012

    In the Galleries - Reflections of the Buddha CLOSES March 10 at the Pulitzer

    Like everything else, there are rules to tongue-speaking. Peter Marina, now a visiting assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis spent four years embedded in a small Pentecostal church in Brownsville, an impoverished neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, doing ethnograph ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Ask a Mexican: Special Mormon Edicion

    Like everything else, there are rules to tongue-speaking. Peter Marina, now a visiting assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis spent four years embedded in a small Pentecostal church in Brownsville, an impoverished neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, doing ethnograph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Local Scientologists Close Ranks, Leaving Mother on the Outside

    ​Tony Ortega, editor-in-chief at our sister paper the Village Voice, has written extensively about Scientology for sixteen years. His latest look at the group's inner workings takes place here in St. Louis, and involves a long-time Scientologist leaving the fold, driving a wedge between her and he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    The Salem Witch Trial of 2012 (Right Here in Missour-ah!)

    Are good witches banned from the Salem Public Library, too?​It's probably entirely coincidental that the Ozark town that keeps a strict filter on its Internet browsers to ensure that none of its patrons happen to stumble on any websites about Wicca is called Salem. Or that the library director ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Matisyahu Cuts His Beard, But Not All Ties to Judaism: What Will it Mean For His Fans?

    Image via​Looking back at it, it now seems inevitable that Matthew Paul Miller, the reggae singer popularly known as Matisyahu, would distance himself from Orthodox Judaism. After all, he'd already cut ties with Chabad-Lubavitch, the outreach-minded Chassidic sect, a few years earlier. And he' ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

    Image via​Looking back at it, it now seems inevitable that Matthew Paul Miller, the reggae singer popularly known as Matisyahu, would distance himself from Orthodox Judaism. After all, he'd already cut ties with Chabad-Lubavitch, the outreach-minded Chassidic sect, a few years earlier. And he' ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 29, 2011

    Featured Review: Reflections of the Buddha

    Image via​Looking back at it, it now seems inevitable that Matthew Paul Miller, the reggae singer popularly known as Matisyahu, would distance himself from Orthodox Judaism. After all, he'd already cut ties with Chabad-Lubavitch, the outreach-minded Chassidic sect, a few years earlier. And he' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

    Tell us about that sexy jacket...​Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending September 4, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News. This w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Archdiocese Not Liable For Pedophile Priest Robert Johnston

    courtesy of SNAP MidwestRobert Johnston: not the archdiocese's fault that they hired a perv.​Score one for the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis. Because, as a legal ruling today makes clear, even if a Christian ethicist would hold the church accountable for allowing a predatory priest to run roug ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Readers root for Stephen Ellis and argue about Sharia law in Missouri

    courtesy of SNAP MidwestRobert Johnston: not the archdiocese's fault that they hired a perv.​Score one for the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis. Because, as a legal ruling today makes clear, even if a Christian ethicist would hold the church accountable for allowing a predatory priest to run roug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    William S. Burroughs, Scientologist

    image viaWilliam S. Burroughs: even weirder than we thought.​Picture it: Tangiers, 1959. William S. Burroughs, author of the newly published Naked Lunch (and, incidentally, scion of a wealthy St. Louis family), is visiting his friend Brion Gysin's restaurant when he meets John and Mary Cooke, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    U.S. Attorney: Feds Could Challenge Missouri Anti-Sharia Legislation

    Muslim women take part in the Pledge of Allegiance during last night's event​U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Richard Callahan visited the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis last night to address the fears and frustrations of Muslim Americans who worry they are being rac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    UPDATE: Missouri Muslims Oppose Anti-Sharia Legislation

    More than a hundred Missouri Muslims visited Jefferson City Wednesday to voice concern over anti-Islam legislation.​Jim Hacking of the St. Louis chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent Daily RFT the photo above. Would you look at all those frightening people! Thank God (t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Get Answers to Your Questions About Muslims in America

    ​It's an uneasy time to be Muslim in Missouri. As Chad Garrison reported earlier today, there are no less than three pieces of legislation currently before the state legislature designed to prevent state courts from considering the Islamic religious law of Sharia when making decisions.(We tend to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Church of Scientology Announces L. Ron Hubbard Centennial Three Days Late

    image viaHappy 100th birthday, L. Ron!​OK, it's true, the dateline on the press release the Church of Scientology sent us about the centennial of its founder L. Ron Hubbard was March 13. But it didn't land in Unreal's e-mail in-box until March 16. (Yes, we know, it's March 18 now, but we're st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Catholic Blogger Tutors RFT on Headline Writing, Moral Law

    ​The blog St. Louis Catholic has responded to a story Daily RFT posted last week concerning the archdiocese's lawsuit against St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish. As we revealed, attorneys for the St. Louis archdiocese sought and received the recusal of a gay judge who was to hear an appeal involving its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Attorneys for Archdiocese Demanded Recusal of Gay Judge, Records Show

    courts.mo.govLawrence Mooney: Has sat on other appeals that ruled in favor of the archdiocese.​The note from Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence Mooney to former St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke was just three sentences long. Written on Court of Appeals stationary and dated October 2, 2007, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Pope Acknowledges Condoms Prevent HIV

    AFP/GettyMaybe he said maybe.​Pope Benedict has broken with decades of established Vatican tradition by stating in an interview that there are situations in which condom use is acceptable for preventing the spread of disease.In a book-length interview called Light of the World released today, Bene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Happy Diwali!

    ​Today marks the beginning of the five-day festival of Diwali, one of the most important festivals in the Hindu, Jain and Sikh faiths. It's often known as the Festival of Lights because lanterns figure prominently in celebrations.

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Will Somebody Please Fund Andy Abrams' Movie, Tattoo Jew?

    Justin Dawson​Tattoo Jew. Now there's an oxymoron. By law, Jews aren't supposed to have tattoos. It's right there in the book of Leviticus, alongside the prohibitions against cheeseburgers (technically, a calf cooked in its mother's milk) and butt-sex. But for the past five years, Andy Abrams ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    St. Louis Female Priest Responds to Vatican Equating Women Reverends with Pedophiles

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergThe Revs. Elsie McGrath and Rose Marie Hudson​By now you've probably heard how the Vatican unveiled sweeping changes last week regarding its policies on sexual abuse and sexuality within the Catholic church. On one hand, the Church increased efforts to out priests accused ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 9, 2010

    Featured Review: Vatican Splendors: A Journey Through Faith and Art

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergThe Revs. Elsie McGrath and Rose Marie Hudson​By now you've probably heard how the Vatican unveiled sweeping changes last week regarding its policies on sexual abuse and sexuality within the Catholic church. On one hand, the Church increased efforts to out priests accused ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Opa! Go Greek at Two Festivals This Weekend

    What better way to kick off summer than with some warm weather-friendly Hellenic cuisine? With two Greek Orthodox churches hosting festivals this weekend, there's no excuse to not have some moussaka. Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Town & Country hosts its festival Friday through Monday, from 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    'Holy Goalie' Becomes New Springfield Bishop

    Saving goals souls one at a time.​The Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, will soon welcome a new bishop to their flock. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Thomas J. Paprocki to the position yesterday.Paprocki is interesting for several reasons. Fist of all, he is an avid hockey fan and sometimes ... More >>

  • Music

    March 17, 2010

    Past Lives

    8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Third Local Woman to be Ordained a Roman Catholic Womanpriest

    thereseofdivinepeace.orgMarybeth McBryan will become the third local Roman Catholic Womanpriest on Sunday -- critics be damned.​Marybeth McBryan, a former member of the St. Louis Public Schools Board of Education and current deacon at Therese of Divine Peace, will be ordained as a Roman Catholic W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Attorney General Wants Racist Executed for Murders; Fashion Police Want Him for Hitler Haircut

    Joseph Franklin rockin the Hitler haircut.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called for the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon -- twenty years after he shot and killed him in the parking lot of a St ... More >>

  • Film

    May 13, 2009

    Holy Crap: But not entirely un-fun: Angels & Demons has a need for speed

    Joseph Franklin rockin the Hitler haircut.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called for the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon -- twenty years after he shot and killed him in the parking lot of a St ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2009

    Terror, Terror Everywhere: Yet again, Unreal learns that truth is stranger than fiction

    Joseph Franklin rockin the Hitler haircut.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called for the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon -- twenty years after he shot and killed him in the parking lot of a St ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2008

    Hail Mary: A pregnant Catholic priest causes readers to pour out their souls

    Joseph Franklin rockin the Hitler haircut.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called for the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon -- twenty years after he shot and killed him in the parking lot of a St ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    St. Louis Claims First Pregnant Catholic Priest

    Joseph Franklin rockin the Hitler haircut.Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today called for the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 of murdering Gerald Gordon -- twenty years after he shot and killed him in the parking lot of a St ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2008

    Evangelicals

    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 16. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    Archbishop Burke Orders St. Louis Womenpriests To Yank Newspaper Ad

    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 16. Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, 3301 Lemp Avenue.

  • News

    January 16, 2008

    Sufferin' Succotash!

    Ian enjoys the suffering of ducks? That's despicable!

  • Music

    December 26, 2007

    Zeda's Beat Box

    7 p.m. Saturday, December 29. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    The Church Ladies

    Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests — and in a Jewish synagogue, no less.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2007

    You Can't Say That in Church!

    Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests — and in a Jewish synagogue, no less.

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2007

    God, with Training Wheels

    Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests — and in a Jewish synagogue, no less.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    Small Plates, Friday, 1/5

    Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests — and in a Jewish synagogue, no less.

  • News

    March 22, 2006

    Head Cheesed

    Unreal longs for the sexual adventures a Gravitizer can provide -- but, uh, not tonight; we have a migraine. Plus, more fun with Scientologists!

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    "The word ‘faggot’ seems to come very naturally to Mr. Crawford.”

    Week of November 23, 2005

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    L Is for L. Ron

    The state approves a tutoring program linked to Scientology, and everybody cries foul

  • Calendar

    September 22, 2004

    How Great Is Faust Park?

    It's folking awesome!

  • News

    September 15, 2004

    Letters

    Week of September 15, 2004

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    Bishop Takes Queen

    Raymond Burke is highly traditional. That's why he received the final vows of a transgendered nun.

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    Immaculate Deception

    Some dirty little secrets followed Archbishop Raymond Burke from Wisconsin to St. Louis

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Debt Comes to the Archbishop

    A sad chapter in the church's history is far from over

  • News

    November 13, 2002

    Tarnished Angel

    The more he talks, the more Wilton Gregory sounds like every other bishop in the Catholic Church

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