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July 2014

July 12, 2014

Latin Mass: Why did NYTimes avoid rite’s liberal enemies?

There is this old, old, old saying that you will often hear quoted in discussions...

July 03, 2014

So, are there unique Episcopal saints or not?

Noticing some fair-haired children in the slave market one morning, Pope Gregory, the memorable pope,...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

WPost: Avoiding Maya Angelou’s soul, if at all possible

In the world of political, cultural and social studies theory there is a term --...

May 14, 2014

Shock: Russian Orthodoxy gives drag queen thumbs down

Dear GetReligion readers: Some of you wrote to say that you wanted to know what...

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 22, 2014

Do skewed churches deserve skewed coverage?

Funny, isn't it? So many people recoiled in horror at the judgmentalism of the Rev....

February 2014

February 19, 2014

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere: hymns and happy hour?

"Beer with Jesus" might have fallen off the country music charts, but the trend has...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

WPost discovers the bleeding obvious about liturgy today

Basil Fawlty: Can't we get you on Mastermind, Sybil? Next contestant: Mrs. Sybil Fawlty from...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

It’s hard to be a saint in the city

I recently cataloged about 1,000 of my 1,300 or so vinyl records (the classical music...

August 14, 2013

Hey Mr. DJ, put some praise music on

As a famous religious figure once said, “Ask and you shall receive.” Sometimes even we...

July 2013

July 10, 2013

Not all things considered: NPR on hymns

Let's get the praise for this story about praise music and hymnody out of the...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Hanging out with Sheryl Crow and her kids — where?

While I have not lived in Nashville (yet), I have spent a lot of time...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Behold: A pretty fair tribute to George Beverly Shea

Longtime GetReligion readers may recall that I grew up in Texas in the 1960s and...

April 15, 2013

M-O-D-E-S-T: A key word for Annette the Catholic

As you would expect in a world that remains obsessed with all things Baby Boomer,...

March 2013

March 03, 2013

Two items of GetReligion biz (prayers for George, please)

Let me share two items with readers this weekend, both of a personal nature. The...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Van Cliburn on stage, at church and in private life

You know how, when you are growing up, that there is always some kind of...

February 15, 2013

Pod people: Pope steps down; many journalists fall down

Gentle readers, one cannot make some of this stuff up. So, everyone knows that Pope...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

BBC probes Johnny Cash’s vague interest in redemption

The late Johnny Cash was a lot of things at the same time, which has...

December 2012

December 06, 2012

The soul in Dave Brubeck’s jazz

Jazz great Dave Brubeck died yesterday, a day before his 92nd birthday. Along with much...

November 2012

November 02, 2012

Polish heavy metal clashes with mysterious blasphemy law

On some levels, the legal drama unfolding in Poland these days could be called the...