NEW C-VILLE COVER STORY: Signs of a crossing

Osama Bin Laden hoodwinked both his followers and millions of Americans into conflating the religion of Islam with his peculiar idea of holy war. This had terrible consequences. His followers attacked emblems of “The West,” even when it meant killing Muslims as well as so-called infidels; far too many Americans began believing that it was the Islamic religion, and not just a perverted inversion of the faith by a radical terrorist, that made the Twin Towers fall. Must religion divide a community or can it help unite one? A religion does present a particular worldview, one usually in conflict with other ideologies. No doubt the Christians interviewed by Andrew Cedermark for this week’s cover story consider their particular religious beliefs the only Truth. But when it comes to art, they do not demand that all in attendance bow in obeisance to their version of truth. Instead, many of them see art as an opportunity to speak across faiths. Rather than a pulpit only for ideas of Jesus, The Garage as administered by Sam Bush, an Episcopal music minister, welcomes one and all. Read the cover story here, and don’t forget to leave comments.

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