Alfredo Garcia
Alfredo Garcia is an author at Religion News Service.
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It’s Prophesied
By Alfredo Garcia — August 17, 2010
My recent article about the Rapture and apocalyptic theology prompted me to post this song by William Tapley that I stumbled upon. I provide the lyrics for your perusal in case you do not want to sit through the entirety of the song. “It’s Prophesied” By William Tapley Your future’s coming fast, my friend / […]
Evangelize and spin
By Alfredo Garcia — August 14, 2010
Over at the “Jesus Needs New PR” blog, Matthew Paul Turner posted a video of how successful proselytizing can lead to big bucks.
Happy…and not religious
By Alfredo Garcia — August 13, 2010
Yahoo travel produced a piece on the world’s happiest countries citing data from a Gallup poll that looked at responses from 155 countries between 2005 and 2009. “First they asked subjects to reflect on their overall satisfaction with their lives, and ranked their answers using a ‘life evaluation’ score between 1 and 10. Then they […]
Of Prophets and Pancakes
By Alfredo Garcia — August 12, 2010
I had the pleasure of speaking last week with Mark Jacob, co-author of What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food & Fame. The piece was written up as a “10 minutes with …” that we have here at RNS. Looking through the book, in specific the “Soul Food” chapter that covers religious figures […]
I think I’m gonna throw up (my hands to the Lord)
By Alfredo Garcia — August 11, 2010
As Christianity Today reports, a new worship-style “gag song” is getting quite popular on YouTube. The anonymous tune, “I Think I’m Gonna Throw Up (My Hands To The Lord),” had been circulating for awhile when Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing snapped it up for their collection Crazy Praize 3. Ed Kee, one of the masterminds behind the […]
Sounding off on the health of clergy
By Alfredo Garcia — August 10, 2010
The New York Times had an interesting article about preliminary results on the health of clergy. What the data shows, however, is not good. Clergy apparently experience large amounts of stress, coupled with an equally large amount of responsibilities, and are becoming physically unhealthy as a result with obesity, hypertension, and depression becoming more rampant. […]
Project Hijab
By Alfredo Garcia — August 7, 2010
I blogged a bit ago about the differences between the burkha, hijab, and niqab. At the time, the news was about France taking another step toward eliminating the hijab in public areas. Since then, an appeals court ordered that a Pa. prison can ban employees from wearing the muslim headscarf. With all of this talk, […]
Dogs of Glory
By Alfredo Garcia — August 6, 2010
From our “whoa, that is weird” file comes this video of Jim Steager singing “Dogs of Glory.” I honestly have no comment other than to encourage you to catch my favorite bits around 1:10, 1:20, 2:05 and 2:15.
Religion: Jedi Knight
By Alfredo Garcia — August 5, 2010
[Priest]: May The Force be with you. [Response]: And also with you. Did George Lucas accidentally create a new religion? Unlike in the U.S., the National Census of Canada contains a question on religion that is asked every 10 years. The entire census is optional, including the religion question. In the 2001 Canadian census, however, […]
Liturgy and Puppets
By Alfredo Garcia — August 4, 2010
I have to admit: my GoogleReader has a very eclectic assortment of websites and blogs. I’ve noticed a recent trend in one blog about vestments, liturgy, and, oddly enough, the use of giant puppets. Here is one video, from the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s recent General Assembly in Minneapolis, that demonstrates the idea: Yup, those are […]
Bodies for/by Jesus
By Alfredo Garcia — July 31, 2010
They begin with a group prayer, concluded in Jesus’ name. Their music is religious in nature, a compilation of upbeat and encouraging Gospel music. Their workout kinesthetics could be confused for the choreography of a church piece. These are the images from the Body Gospel DVDs, the latest in the religious diet/workout culture. CNN covered […]
Good morals start at birth
By Alfredo Garcia — July 30, 2010
Could our moral sensibility exist from the time of our very first breath? Some researchers believe so. Work being conducted at Yale University has demonstrated that our moral reasoning may find its roots, quite simply, in our mere humanity. Psychologists have often wondered whether ethics and morality are primarily nature or nurture based. Are we […]
July 28, 1989
By Alfredo Garcia — July 29, 2010
It’s really a great experience to look back and see what was happening in times gone past. Here at RNS, we’ve got some archives from past years, so I will occasionally pick up and look to see what was happening on a given date in, say, 1989, or maybe 1994. I don’t have links to […]
Michael Jackson and Jesus
By Alfredo Garcia — July 28, 2010
David LaChapelle is the photographer and director widely known in the fashion world for his pictures of such figures as Naomi Campbell, Whitney Houston, Uma Thurman, and recently Lady Gaga. On display in the Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC is his latest installation, “American Jesus“. LaChapelle has taken pictures that display Jesus interacting in modern-day […]
Are Catholics losing Latin America?
By Alfredo Garcia — July 27, 2010
Lots has been brewing in the Western Hemisphere _ Chile, Argentina and Cuba have all been wrestling with teh Catholic Church in recent weeks. A quick recap of what’s been happening in Latin America: Argentina decided to legalize same-sex marriage, an act that went against Catholic Church lobbying (picture, lop left). After debates that kept […]
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