Russian Space Church in Queens
Scouting New York has got some really nice photos of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Whitestone, Queens, NY, otherwise known as “Space Church 2099, M’F’in Biotch!” I haven’t yet […]
“Hipster Church” in Flushing |:| The Emerging Church Has Read Derrida
So-called hipster Christianity as a thing in and of itself is a fairly new phenomenon. However, read as a rhizomatic strand of the larger “Emerging Christianity” movement—a decentered spiritual fun-house of post-everything—it’s been around in some form or another since the early 00s. Most recently in the literary world, there’s […]
Three Things You Should Know for This Weekend |:| Kali, Superheroes, and B-Days
Kali Ma Has a New Home in Queens There’s rumors of a new Kali temple having popped up behind the long-standing Ganesh temple out in Flushing, Queens. The new home to She with Disheveled Hair does not have a website and is said to be run by a man who […]
UPDATE: Video of Sikhs Storming Queens Temple |:| Chaos as Swords Fly
Since the attack, there’s a lot of talk and questions flying around. What exactly did the attackers want? Were the attackers originally provoked at an earlier date by the people from inside the temple? How did the attackers even get in? According to Gothamist, there were cops stationed outside and […]
When a Sikh Brings a Cricket Bat to Prayer He Means Business
He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand, And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man. A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down. And he heard again his mother’s words: “Don’t take your guns to town, son. Leave […]
Why Is It Hard To See New York City as Super Sacred?
The idea that the East River could be as sacred to me as, say, the Ganga is to Hindus, Mount Arafat is to Muslims, the Bodhi Tree is to Buddhists, Skull Mountain (Golgotha) is to Christians, is probably one of the most important possibilities to me. As a spiritual exile—one […]
Buddha Gets a Barber Shop & More!
A Journey Through NYC Religions is a website that covers religion throughout the five boroughs. Perhaps a bit “cleaner” than we ruffians here at Not New York, the site seemingly has no trouble slipping into cracks and alleyways in order to get the haps on religious life in our always […]
In Search of Kali Ma (part 1)
Finding places where people gather to worship Kali–the aspect of God that, among other things, severs your head–is not necessarily an easy task. While there’s nothing particularly secretive about Kali worship, diaspora communities who take Kali as their primary deity–the people you want to meet–aren’t necessarily interested in proselytizing to […]
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