“Making Fictional Faiths Real: Invented Religions”
Click here to listen to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Soul Search interview with Prof. Carole Cusack on the subject of invented religions.
Month: March 2026
ISM – Independent Social Ministries
The ISM.co website offers quick-n-eezy ordination in any or all of nearly 50 unusual Ministries, encompassing everything from Saganism (based upon the scientific worldview espoused by Carl Sagan) to Festivism (celebrating the nontheistic “Festivus for the rest of us” famously introduced via an episode of Seinfeld). According to the site: For centuries, religions have operated … Read moreISM – Independent Social Ministries
New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed (ArtScience Museum of Singapore, 21 Oct 2023 – 3 Mar 2024)
Click here for more information on this exhibition. “New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed” offers fresh insights on science fiction, a genre built on envisioning alternative futures and imaginary realms. The lines connecting science fiction with Asian philosophy and mythologies are brought to light through the work of twenty-four Asian women artists and collectives. The … Read moreNew Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed (ArtScience Museum of Singapore, 21 Oct 2023 – 3 Mar 2024)
Vipoo Srivilasa’s “Shrine of Life”
Thai/Australian ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa talks about his Shrine of Life exhibition housing five imaginary, secular deities representing the attributes of Love Equality, Spirituality, Security, Identity and Creativity.
“Gods for Future Religions”
A gallery of images from El Paso artist Ho Baron’s 2022-23 exhibition, Gods for Future Religions. According to Baron’s 2012 book on the same theme: The existing religions of the world will one day evolve into others or possibly disappear as people grow disillusioned, bored and tired of their same old myths. Lacking imagination, the … Read more“Gods for Future Religions”
“It’s Time to Rethink Religion”
The popular Andrewism solarpunk/anarchist YouTube channel offers an overview of religious history back to Animism, traveling through monotheism and arriving at Atheopaganism as an example of post-theistic, ecological religion.
“Be the Best You Can Be with Aretéanism” (Saving the World podcast)
Colin Campbell, the founder of Aretéanism, explains his secular religion inspired by the ancient Greek philosophical notion of areté (excellence).
The Temple of Sekhmet in Nevada
A short indie documentary on the ecumenical Pagan Temple of Sekhmet, established adjacent to military testing sites in the Nevada Desert.