Religion
‘Stretched Between Heaven & Hell’: Marcus Whale’s Journey of Holy Eroticism
Like Arca? Or Yves Tumor? Like music that pulsates throughout your body? Listen to this.
A Political Candidate Beheaded a Satanic Temple Statue. Now He Faces Charges.
Michael Cassidy, a former U.S. Navy pilot, destroyed a display of Baphomet, which was being featured at the Iowa State Capitol.
I Spent a Weekend Drinking Beer with Belgian Monks
It was extremely peaceful. Westmalle’s Trappist monks might be onto something.
The Women Exposing Abuse at Their Churches
‘Disobedient Women’ tells the stories of communities controlled by pastors and powerful churches and the organizers who fought back.
A Nameless, Insular Religious Sect Is Being Rocked by a Massive Sexual Abuse Scandal
Known to outsiders as the “Two by Twos,” a little-known community is reckoning with a far-reaching scandal over sexual abuse, accountability, and power.
Photos Celebrating Indigenous South African Spirituality
Giya Makondo-Wills spent three years photographing the people of her home-region Limpopo and beyond.
Nuns Behaving Badly
Craig A. Monson studies forgotten nuns, like the one who changed her name to Lesbia or the convent that set their own cloister down.
This New Church Wants to Get You High on Synthetic Toad Venom
The army vets behind the Church of Psilomethoxin have a unique sacrament – one that involves a drug derived from shrooms and a poisonous amphibian.
Hillsong Perfected the Megachurch. What’ll Happen When It Implodes?
"I found a photo of me with notorious paedophile Frank Houston. And I looked at it and went, oh, shit."
We Asked Atheists How They Deal With Their Religious Families
And what to do if moving out is not an option.
How I Reclaimed My Relationship with Ramadan
“What changed was finding... feminist and queer religious leaders who’ve been questioning sexist interpretations of the Qur’an and proposing new ones.”
New Concerns Reported at Christian Youth Festival After Founder Quit
VICE World News has learned of newly-raised historic safeguarding concerns around the treatment of attendees at Soul Survivor festivals in the aftermath of founder Mike Pilavachi stepping down amid claims of inappropriate behaviour with young people.