Religion in Zining

Someone asked about religious zines and I posted about

a bunch of just that, plus about this new ‘alternative-Jesus’

radio thing coming around.

Anyway, I think that religion is a perfect zine topic.

There’s nowhere else you can really

talk about it much except on paper you bought yourself.

Religion and politics: not for social conversation: perfect

for zining!

Also, zines are about life, they have no rules. What better

scenario for having a bunch of whatever articles (fishing, donuts,

guns) then a religion piece tossed in. Hey, it’s a part of life, pro

or con. You do a perzine—you end up covering religion.

Also, you can go as far out as you like in a zine. Perfectly suitable

for religion and philosophy.

Truly these are both ghetto topics today. For a few decades

their only home was in Sci-Fi. In actual religious/philos publishing

you have to toe the publisher’s line or no go. Guess where that

leaves anything actually progressive or creative? You need to

preach to the converted to make money (so the heathen think,

despite the fact that jackpots are regularly won due to big shakeups)

so that leaves avenues that aren’t intended to make money or

else subterfuge (SciFi).

Again, did anyone see the big religion issue of Rollerderby

awhile back? Hard to miss. Good effort, I thought.