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August 2014

August 01, 2014

Same as it ever was: It’s time for a new, old GetReligion

You know that whole Christmas in July thing, when stores and other groups have fun...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

The ongoing spectacle of NYTimes contempt for religion

Yes, this was a piece of commentary. In other words, it was not a news...

June 05, 2014

We don’t need no religion education, or do we?

I'm on the road this week, sunburned and tuckered out. So rather than do a...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Whoa! Religion chapter added to AP Stylebook

The 2014 Stylebook launches today, featuring a new religion chapter. pic.twitter.com/wGjOXjdiPK— AP Stylebook (@APStylebook)...

March 2014

March 17, 2014

Seeking “Help!” on five venerable world religions

JAEDE ASKS: I need to know the founder, area of the world it’s in, what...

March 12, 2014

Concerning that gathering called by the Ecumenical Patriarch

"Journalism is the first rough draft of history," according to a famous quote by publisher...

March 06, 2014

AP finally spikes infamous Nazi Christian Youth (not) photo

It took a while, but the final shoe dropped the other day in the mysterious...

March 02, 2014

Pod people: Continuing the Elevation Church debate

At this point, I am not sure what the Rev. Steven Furtick was thinking when...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

So there: Rod Dreher goes and writes a GetReligion post

So, yes, I'll admit that I was a bit disappointed (stage cue: slight choke in...

February 25, 2014

Yo, Globe: Why settle for fog when you have a better option?

So I had a meeting the other day with a former GetReligionista and, within minutes,...

February 07, 2014

Pod people: Russell Wilson, ghosts, 10 years of GetReligion

Let's do this one backwards. In a perfect world, the easy way to do mainstream...

February 06, 2014

The Guardian: Ridiculing the saints, the Virgin and prayer

Why do we fight? Why do we write? What motivates our editor tmatt and the...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Read this story and weep! But ask a few more questions

Every now and then, I receive private emails, or emails sent through our contact link,...

January 27, 2014

Debate at NYTimes: Was the March For Life news or not?

One of the most difficult concepts in journalism to communicate to people outside the field...

January 23, 2014

Pope Francis to the media: Try being good neighbors

Think of this as a one-time GetReligion commentary from a guest who is an expert,...

January 20, 2014

Oh, those religious fund-raisers

GRETCHEN ASKS: (Paraphrasing) She attended a fund-raising event for an unnamed organization where a slide...

January 19, 2014

On the cautious use of loaded terms such as ‘messianism’

So let's try this again. The other day I wrote about a news report that...

January 16, 2014

Journalists editing Pope Francis: Who are we to judge?

Sometimes, in this tricky world of media criticism, it's hard to pay attention to what...

January 15, 2014

New to the Godbeat in St. Louis: Lilly Fowler

Congrats to @RNS contributor @LillyAFowler, succeeding @townsendreport as #religion writer at @STLtoday. Starts Jan. 20....

January 13, 2014

What M.Z. said: Doctor Who vs. Jesus at BuzzFeed?

First things first: Yes, I am a big Doctor Who fan. Thus, I find the...

January 10, 2014

So what is the new ‘On Faith’ about, in these early days?

Through the years, your GetReligionistas tended to offer rather mixed views of the "On Faith"...

January 08, 2014

What? The press overlooked key Catholic stories in 2013?

First of all, I would like to stress that I had already decided, several days...

January 07, 2014

What can we say? Boston Globe hires John L. Allen, Jr.

For several decades now, I have been telling mainstream newsroom managers that all they have...

January 02, 2014

Are there any culture wars inside the Great Gray Lady?

Here's a safe prediction for 2014: Look for another year with tough culture wars cases...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Pod people: What was top 2013 story for Pope Francis?

I am sure that GetReligion readers will be shocked, shocked to know that the Godbeat...

December 25, 2013

Your GetReligion Christmas news bundle (turn, turn, turn)

As you would expect, your GetReligionistas do our fair share of traveling and celebrating during...

December 14, 2013

Eye to eye with Mother Teresa (farewell to Scripps)

A couple of weeks ago, I flew the black religion-beat flag here at GetReligion to...

November 2013

November 13, 2013

Close to home: Those Godbeat changes hit tmatt

What he said: "I'm glad to hear that Scripps Howard still as a religion writer...

November 06, 2013

Grossman’s blog is back: Faith & Reason 2.0 at RNS

One of the first signs that the religion beat was in trouble at USA Today...

October 2013

October 22, 2013

Hey journalists: Please look up ‘fetus’ in a dictionary

Once again, let us return to the dictionary and ponder why some journalists in our...