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September 2012

September 17, 2012

Archbishop Chaput ‘thunders’ away, on doctrine

Well, there goes that Archbishop Charles Chaput guy again, "thundering" away at his flock on...

September 17, 2012

Journalism means never having to say you’re sorry

In comments to my post this weekend suggesting a few angles for coverage of Muslim...

September 15, 2012

The missing anti-Muslim movie stories

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting, if completely unsurprising, update to the stories about...

September 14, 2012

At issue in Massachusetts: End of life

As I type this, I'm cruising at 39,000 feet on an American Airlines flight to...

September 14, 2012

What did those N’awlins preachers shout?

First, a word from the editor. In recent weeks, I have been tossing out roughly...

September 14, 2012

Combating media myths about Muslims

There are so many stories being written about the tragic assassination of our ambassador...

September 13, 2012

Foggy Bottom’s ‘pantywaist protocol pussy-footers’

Wanted to thank me brokenly, I suppose, for so courteously allowing her favorite brother a...

September 13, 2012

NPR on Bible-loving racists in Ohio River Valley

To the frustration of many mainstream reporters, far too many blue-collar Americans simply refuse to...

September 13, 2012

Missing the forest for the YouTube video

Much of the media spent yesterday not getting to the bottom of how the American...

September 12, 2012

Got news? Can evangelicals vote for a Mormon?

I joined Stephen Mansfield and Richard Mouw in answering the provocative question "Is There Anything Wrong...

September 12, 2012

NPR ‘smear job’ on Catholic university?

A regular GetReligion reader alerted us to an NPR "smear job" — as he described...

September 11, 2012

Righteous Religious Indignation in Cairo

There are conflicting reports coming out of Egypt and Libya tonight on the attacks on...

September 11, 2012

Shaving Nidal Hasan’s irreligious religious beard

I hope you're having a day that enables some thoughtful reflection on this anniversary of...

September 11, 2012

Sad closing of a Washington Post-friendly parish

One of the hardest concepts to explain to people who have never worked in a...

September 10, 2012

UMBC’s Habrowski: Who sent him to serve the world?

First things first. I need to state, right up front, that I am the father...

September 10, 2012

Peaceful, conservative, moderate, Islamist clerics killed

Mali has been full of interesting, if tragic, religion news recently and this most recent...

September 09, 2012

Pod people: Civil (religion) wars

On this week's Crossroads podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discuss coverage of some of...

September 08, 2012

Key ‘moderate’ Catholic, hailed by choir on left

So The Washington Post ran a story the other day that made me feel very...

September 07, 2012

God purged from … major story in Washington Post

Obviously, the Divine Mrs. M.Z. Hemingway was all over the political conventions this week. I...

September 07, 2012

Cardinal Dolan’s benediction makes news

I could not have had more fun watching the conventions. Before they began, if someone...

September 07, 2012

Sex and the Single Indian

The BBC's inability to comprehend religion is not a new story at GetReligion. Often as...

September 06, 2012

Via CNN: cutout characters, conjecture and CAIR

Islamophobia is back in the news, this time courtesy of CNN. Just in time for...

September 06, 2012

Mea Culpa: DNC platform story was a big deal

OK, so I'll begin by thanking everyone for being kind to me. I think it's...

September 05, 2012

Is it race or religion at issue in Burma?

What is driving the violence in Burma? Race or religion? And can the two be...

September 05, 2012

That all-powerful, faith-free White House voice?

So, The New York Times ran one of those lengthy news features the other day...

September 05, 2012

Is God absent from the Democrats’ platform?

So I watched all of the Democratic National Convention's first night last night and it...

September 04, 2012

Specifics scarce for Muslim Jumah at the DNC

The Democratic National Convention has started in Charlotte and we're seeing some early religion reports...

September 04, 2012

Shocking words from an elderly Catholic priest

Anyone who follows the Catholic blogosphere knows that there was a major explosion last week...

September 03, 2012

Surprising twist in Pakistani Christian child’s blasphemy case

A few weeks ago, we looked at coverage of the arrest of an 11-year-old Christian...

September 02, 2012

Blunt, messianic language about the Rev. Moon

I will be the first person to admit that I did a double-take when I...