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July 2014

July 22, 2014

Pod people: Are all political liberals also on moral left?

Every now and then, Issues, Etc., host Todd Wilken take and I off in one...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Pod people: Sometimes editors really need to do the math

I have never been much of a math guy, but sometimes you have to see...

June 25, 2014

Mormon reformin’: Putting the antics in semantics

Welcome to the Latter-day Saints Trivia Game! Here is today's question: When did the Mormon...

June 20, 2014

The Atlantic: Apparently, ‘evangelical’ now equals ‘cult’

Veteran GetReligion readers will know that, every year or two, there is some kind of...

June 11, 2014

NYTimes notices old doctrine wars over InterVarsity chapters

The debate started out behind closed doors but quickly jumped into the mainstream press. The...

May 2014

May 25, 2014

Short 30 for 30 slam dunk that gets the faith angle just right

You have to be a pretty intense hoops fan to remember many of the details...

April 2014

April 11, 2014

Salt Lake Tribune loses its Faith, but not its @religiongal

Via Twitter, this sad news — but not as sad as it could have been...

April 03, 2014

And for a change, a ‘Noah’ movie story that sails smoothly

Last week, I criticized USA Today's fast-food cheeseburger of a story on the religious controversy...

April 02, 2014

Lessons from Waco: Some folks just don’t get religion

Even after a small stack of best-selling books, Malcolm Gladwell remains what he has long...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Neon Trees rocker says he’s gay — and still Mormon

At some point, coming-out stories about faith-claiming celebrities, musicians, politicians — anyone in the public...

March 20, 2014

Do Mormon women lack standing in their own faith?

The issue of women's roles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has...

March 13, 2014

Concerning all those angry white married men in pews

It's mid-term election time, which means that it's time, once again, for the mainstream press...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

Ghosts haunt AP story on Boy Scouts of America

When my oldest son was a Boy Scout, the entire experience was couched in church...

February 10, 2014

How to cover the Mormons, England and religious liberty

It goes without saying that Godbeat veteran Peggy Fletcher Stack of the Salt Lake City...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

Asking the nasty, logical question about that Utah judge

It's often like the force of gravity in American politics and it has been gaining...

December 22, 2013

There’s that Baltimore Ravens faith ghost — again

The Baltimore Ravens have been playing some really, really wild football games in recent weeks,...

December 17, 2013

Latest coverage from the church of The New York Times

Few news consumers would be surprised that the journalists at Baptist Press frame their coverage...

December 16, 2013

So which Bible version is really the most authentic?

DUANE ASKS: There are many different versions of the Bible: King James, New International Version,...

November 2013

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...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Pod people: Facts are your friends, journalists

Here at GetReligion, we make no secret of our bias. That bias: our deep affection...

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...

October 06, 2013

Another haunted story about Ravens locker room faith

At this point, fans who pay close attention to the Baltimore Ravens are contemplating a...

September 2013

September 05, 2013

Sun does it again: Ghost in the Ngata and Suggs friendship

Are you ready for some football! GetReligion readers: What?!? So, the National Football League season...

September 04, 2013

Hey AP: Where is religious left on religious liberty issues?

A long, long time ago, 1998 to be precise, I wrote a column marking the...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Concerning theological Swiss Army knives (think chaplains)

In the world of church-state studies, few puzzles are as tough to crack as those...

July 21, 2013

Skeptical about the NYT’s Mormon skeptic piece

We joke about having guilt files here at GetReligion -- folders full of stories that...

July 17, 2013

Boy Scouts: Hollywood vs. some vague army of Americans

On one level, the recent Reuters "special report" on the financial issues haunting the 10,600-acre...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Mormon missionaries: switching from bikes to iPads?

From CBS News: SALT LAKE CITY — The common image of Mormon missionaries has long...

June 12, 2013

Fundamental misunderstandings of ‘fundamentalism’

When it comes to religious terms, you would be hard pressed to find a word...

June 05, 2013

Seven questions about Boy Scout gay policy coverage

Headlines over the Boy Scouts of America's decision to allow openly gay members are still...