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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 27, 2013

Say what?!? Organ music at ‘Duck Dynasty’ church?

The White's Ferry Road Church of Christ in West Monroe, La., is making headlines these...

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 16, 2013

Isn’t that special? Satan pays a visit to the Bible Belt (updated)

When the devil issues a press release, the media pay attention. Satan has stirred a...

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...

December 13, 2013

Pope Francis and the press: What Elizabeth Tenety said!

First came the religion-beat buzz about Pope Francis being named Person of the Year by...

December 11, 2013

On Pope Francis: What matters most is, ‘Who am I to judge?’

Pope Francis has been warned. The powers that be at Time magazine have named him...

December 11, 2013

NYTimes on Ukraine ‘ghost’: Great minds like a think?

Cause-and-effect is difficult to prove sometimes, but it is curious how things follow in a...

December 05, 2013

RNS: It’s no rumor; Turks want Hagia Sophia as a mosque

Talk about a trip into my guilt file. I just did a quick search in...

November 2013

November 23, 2013

For BBC, Doctor Who faith is real, but never really Christmas

“Go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken...

November 22, 2013

JFK’s strong Catholic ties and the speech he DIDN’T give

Ten years ago, while working in the Dallas bureau of The Associated Press, I wrote...

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 20, 2013

WPost listens to half of the great United Methodist debate

After years of covering the sexuality wars in America's oldline denominations, I am well aware...

November 19, 2013

Those Latter-day Saints: What’s in a name?

ROYCE WONDERS: (Paraphrasing) What’s the origin of Mormonism’s official name, The Church of Jesus Christ...

November 18, 2013

Are all Jews preparing for Thanksgivukkah the same way?

Many years ago, I worked at a newspaper -- let's leave the name out of...

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 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

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...

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 28, 2013

Detroit paper ducks Bible when female Baptist bishop quits

I haven't been around that many Baptists of late, but one of the first things...

October 24, 2013

A Pope Francis story, from the other side of the notebook

Like many GetReligion readers, I was somewhat rattled by that recent Washington Post story about...

October 23, 2013

Yet another one-sided AP same-sex marriage story

Over the weekend, I did a post titled "Another one-sided AP same-sex marriage story." I...

October 21, 2013

Is it time for the old Mainline churches to shed that label?

BOBBY ASKS: Who are the “Mainline” Protestants today? DOUGLAS LIKEWISE ASKS: (Paraphrasing) What do we...

October 15, 2013

Chuck Smith, fundamentalism and (yes) the AP stylebook

Readers who have been following this weblog through the years are probably familiar with the...

October 15, 2013

Bravo, Boston Globe: An Episcopal anti-violence winner

I love a good story. Thanks to Lisa Wangsness, Godbeat writer for the Boston Globe, I...

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 13, 2013

Readers get hot and bothered about ‘Sin Burger’ reports

GetReligion is almost a decade old and, from the very beginning, many readers have struggled...

October 11, 2013

Memories of Jack Spong (as opposed to hagiography)

Many years had elapsed during which nothing of Combray, save what was comprised in the...

October 10, 2013

WWROD? Hang out with the GetReligionistas team

Ask any religion-news professional to list the top reporters on the beat in the late...

October 08, 2013

Mormons softening opposition to homosexuality … or not

If you enjoy quality journalism, feel free to skip an Associated Press story out today on...