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October 2013

October 25, 2013

Could Prince George’s baptism rekindle rite among British?

It would be impossible to compare coverage among major news outlets, so plentiful have been...

October 24, 2013

Moore of the same, but still a worthy effort

I had a sense of deja vu this week as I clicked on a 2,000-word...

October 22, 2013

No chat about afterlife inside death cafés?

We've been doing death, so to speak, at my house the last few weeks —...

October 21, 2013

AP highlights Obama’s eisegesis — perhaps unwittingly

Without doubt, the job of president of the United States can easily drive someone one...

October 20, 2013

The return of Baylor football, minus all that Baptist stuff

Way back when I was in college, soon after the cooling of the earth's crust,...

October 17, 2013

Yes, that Virginia gubernatorial candidate has layers

In one of my favorite scenes in the original “Shrek” movie, the title character explains to...

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

Chaplains offering real prayers at fake POW/MIA rites?

Dang! Just when you thought that the news couldn't get any weirder and darker for...

October 12, 2013

An ultra-Orthodox case that is anything but

It's not about religion. So said Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Joseph Gribko in a story...

October 11, 2013

Still falling for ‘The Exorcist,’ 40 years later

Long ago, pre-Internet, some researchers tried to find out which movie had the greatest spiritual...

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 09, 2013

Got news? Concerning Catholic priests, Mass and padlocks

Because of my background in church-state studies, for the past third of a century or...

October 08, 2013

Zen Pastor Mariano Rivera and his vague, comforting karma

Lat's state the obvious: It's getting harder and harder for news consumers to figure out...

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...

October 04, 2013

Economist, New York Times tailor pope to their notions

One of the fascinating things about Pope Francis is the apparent mad rush among mainstream...

October 03, 2013

Tom Clancy: That Baltimore Catholic and his generic beliefs

As I have mentioned many times, Baltimore culture is both historically Catholic and very liberal...

October 02, 2013

Pew news: You don’t have to be religious to be Jewish

Readers (and bloggers) "of a certain age" will recall the famous advertising campaign for Levy's...

October 02, 2013

Kleenex alert: Tale of tragedy, irony and Christianity

It's not every day that an obituary of a non-celebrity appears above the fold on...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Got news? Looking at key facts in the Chris Davis timeline

It's the last day of the regular baseball season and for fans of the Baltimore...

September 23, 2013

Nairobi: Recite this confession of faith and live

The hellish events in Nairobi's Westgate Premier Shopping Mall continue to unfold under the digital...

September 20, 2013

Pope Francis on sin, confession and several other things

It was a story that received very little attention in the United States, other than...

September 19, 2013

Jackpot! Godbeat pro shows her winning hand

If you're in a hurry, there's no need to finish the rest of this post....

September 18, 2013

Did Aaron Alexis fall into a hole in ‘American’ Buddhism?

It's a sad comment on our age that, in the first tense hours after the...

September 18, 2013

Faith and ghosts in Navy Yard victim story

I sympathize with any journalist called upon to report on victims' loved ones in the...

September 16, 2013

Advent of a GetReligion scribe: Mark Kellner climbs aboard

Greetings, I am Mark Kellner, and right now you can call me the "new kid"...

September 16, 2013

Baltimore Sun looks at art and religion, but not really

From the beginning of this weblog, your GetReligionistas have urged mainstream newsrooms to do a...

September 13, 2013

Hey AP: Does anyone know why Terry Jones was arrested?

If you have spent much time studying First Amendment cases you will know that many...

September 12, 2013

Dawkins talks 2.0, and Anglicans just can’t catch a break

There he goes, there he goes again. At the moment, the Rt. anti-Rev. Richard Dawkins...