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June 2014

June 03, 2014

Bowe Bergdahl: Calvinist, Buddhist, Muslim seeker?

While most of the DC Beltway journalists do that dance that they do (Will the...

June 02, 2014

Memory eternal: The life and quiet ministry of ‘Ann B.’

One of the complicated subjects that religion-beat professionals talk about behind the scenes, if they...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Pod people: Vatican III? Nicea III? Press blind spot 666?

The questions jumped into Twitter in a flash, which is what one would assume would...

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 27, 2014

United Methodists stand at a ‘tipping point’ — once again

Yes, it's time to head into yet another oldline Protestant summer of sex. This leads...

May 27, 2014

Near-death experiences: Is ‘Heaven Is For Real’ for real?

MICHAEL-ANN ASKS: How well do you think [the current "Heaven Is For Real" movie] addresses...

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...

May 22, 2014

On St. Ruth and the state of Fleet Street religion news

Sad news to report from the Press Gazette, the trade newspaper for British journalism. On May...

May 22, 2014

NPR asks Vatican experts to discuss hopes of the Orthodox

Try to imagine a story about crucial, tense talks between Democrats and Republicans that only...

May 20, 2014

Generic person of God (or gods) busted for selling fake art

So, if you read a news report about a politician who did something really stupid...

May 20, 2014

That deacon and CBS veteran sacks a Womenpriests ‘story’

Should visitors to GetReligion choose to search our archives for the term "Womenpriests" they will...

May 16, 2014

About those Nigerian Christian girls, chanting in Arabic

As I have said many times, I have no idea how foreign correspondents do the...

May 16, 2014

Horny dads at a prom: Too juicy to get the whole story

Let's talk about Clare, the homeschooled teenager in Richmond, Va., who was thrown out of...

May 15, 2014

There he goes, there (Bill Keller) goes again …

In light of the latest newsroom drama at The New York Times, let's pause and...

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...

May 13, 2014

What rights should parents of gay children have in Maryland?

Here we go again. The Baltimore Sun -- the newspaper that lands in my front...

May 12, 2014

So #bringbackourgirls is finally a news story! Why now?

At this point, the kidnapped girls in Nigeria are officially "A News Story," which means...

May 09, 2014

God, sex, ‘military values’ and the U.S. Naval Academy

Most weekday mornings, as I make my short drive to the train station for my...

May 08, 2014

Why it’s no surprise the LA Clippers have a Jewish owner

A long, long time ago -- pre-Internet for me -- I wrote an "On Religion"...

May 08, 2014

Putting a real face on Pew’s Latino religious identity survey

The Pew Research Center released a report Wednesday titled "The Shifting Religious Identity of Latinos...

May 07, 2014

NBA MVP Kevin Durant thanks God, but media fail to notice

I am not a big NBA fan, although I did attend Monday night's Oklahoma City...

May 05, 2014

Mystery solved? Has NYTimes seen light on Boko Haram?

There may be some news for GetReligion readers who have been following the "mysterious" case...

May 05, 2014

Pope Francis on economics: How innovative? How savvy?

JIM ASKS: Conservative commentators ridiculed [Pope Francis's decree Evangelii Gaudium] for its criticism of the...

May 04, 2014

Getting faith into SI story of patient D-League hoops star

Once again, I realize that the world of GetReligion readers seems to contain a stunningly...

May 01, 2014

That ‘throuple’ rite: Who led them through their vows?

First, let me assure regular GetReligion readers that I am not writing this post out...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Falwell’s 2014 Liberty: ‘Fundamentalist Baptist’ university?

Here at GetReligion, the "F-word" always catches our attention. I'm referring, of course, to fundamentalist. It's...

April 27, 2014

Is Mehmet Ali Agca crazy or just a bad Catholic?

The upcoming canonizations of Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II have generated some very...

April 25, 2014

Al Jazeera offers its own take (literally) on SBC sex summit

A week or so ago I mentioned, in a meeting that included both traditional and...

April 24, 2014

So divorced man says his new wife says the pope said ….

Well, there is no question that the buzz-worthy story of the day is the further...

April 23, 2014

WPost team looks at politics in 2014, sees zero folks in pews

It's time to set the wayback (actually, it's WABAC) machine for the year 2003, when...