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July 2014

July 21, 2014

How should we define — and assess — atheism?

DANIEL ASKS: Is it becoming possible to be religious without believing in god? (the lower-case...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

The track record when atheists wield political power?

DUANE’S QUESTION: He’d like to know what The Religion Guy was talking about in this...

June 16, 2014

Do religions influence China’s atheistic rulers?

MADDIE ASKS: How much of ... eastern and western religions have had an influence on...

June 04, 2014

The silent swan song of Wojciech Jaruzelski

The silver Swan, who living had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat....

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Hey Bible Belt believer: Why do YOU persecute atheists?

Confession: I live in the Bible Belt. Even worse, I'm a — gulp — conservative...

May 25, 2014

Épater le bourgeois catholique

Stories about religion seem to do odd things to otherwise sensible reporters. Some news articles...

May 11, 2014

Some new facts on Harvard’s Satanists from Daily News

The Harvard Satanist story will not die. Monday's Black Mass continues to generate conversation on...

May 09, 2014

Why should the devil have all the best press?

Satan sells newspapers. Where would newspapers or television be without devil stories? Satanic ritual abuse,...

May 06, 2014

Gasp! NYTimes covers the heart of Kennedy’s argument!

Let's hear it for The New York Times, a newspaper that can always be trusted...

April 2014

April 14, 2014

Did Jesus only become God at Easter?

ARTHUR ASKS: Christians observe that the Son of God died to atone for human sins....

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Universe gives birth to itself, transformed by unknown ‘force’

This is a challenging day to be a journalist on the science beat, if the...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

A plea for gay, er, atheist rights

Those poor atheists. They have to keep their heads down in repressive American society. They...

February 12, 2014

That faceless, mysterious flock of atheists in Guitar Town

One of the rules here at GetReligion is that we really, really try to understand...

February 05, 2014

Got news? Can Christian and atheist swap lives for a month?

Half a world away from my Oklahoma home, an experiment just concluded in Australia. An...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

God, prayer and the winner of the Super Bowl

THIS WEEK, the question doesn’t come from a “Religion Q and A” reader but a...

January 16, 2014

Where’s the religion at Washington’s National Cathedral?

The financial difficulties facing the Washington National Cathedral were the subject of a local news...

January 09, 2014

CNN finds missing voices in ‘atheist’ pastor’s media blitz

Earlier this week, I posted on Ryan Bell, the Seventh-day Adventist pastor who gave up his...

January 06, 2014

An ‘atheist’ Adventist’s alienation: any missing voices?

The most popular story on Religion News Service's website right now involves a Seventh-day Adventist...

January 01, 2014

Oklahoma news: A Christmas ‘miracle’ via the local atheists

News stories blending the miraculous with Christmas aren't difficult to find: families reunited, poor children...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

NYTs on atheists at holidays: Fox Butterfield, is that you?

There is such a thing as "low-hanging fruit" in life, and, it turns out, even...

December 17, 2013

UK’s Telegraph finds atheists in Florida — film at 11

Here's a shocker: America is becoming more secular, atheism is on the rise and --...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Where’s the other side in atheist lawsuit story?

Religion News Service had an interesting story recently about atheists challenging Uncle Sam over nonprofit...

November 22, 2013

Concerning C.S. Lewis, Christian apologist (not theologian)

The mistake showed up in news reports so often that it almost became normal, which...

November 11, 2013

How many atheists does it take to form a ‘megachurch?’

In pitching a trend story for a national audience, a headline-friendly catchphrase goes a long...

November 06, 2013

Porn no more: Secular students inviting religious discussion

Gone is the "low-hanging fruit" of years past when the media converged on the University...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Praise be to Soros for investing millions in Baltimore

So, does the cultural left have a leader who might play the role that the...

October 14, 2013

Is the ‘New Atheism’ any different from old atheism?

BETH ASKS: Are there any substantive differences between traditional atheism vs. what is called “New...

October 10, 2013

Hey atheists, ‘Thank God you’re wrong’

As a reporter, I'm always amazed by how much I learn when I actually pick...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Der Spiegel and the cutting question of circumcision

The issue of circumcision has returned to Germany's newspapers -- and the manner in which...

September 27, 2013

The warning in the atheist pastor story

The New York Times today has a piece headlined "Minister Admits Overstating Her Credentials," an...