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September 2013

September 11, 2013

Ghost in that NYTimes Justice Kennedy hagiography

It's time for a quick dip into my unusually thick GetReligion folder of guilt, that...

September 09, 2013

Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes again, here in GetReligion land

All together now, GetReligion readers. Strange fascination, fascinating me Changes are taking the pace I'm...

September 06, 2013

Imagine Pope Francis; help artists win prizes

So, unless you have spent quite a bit of time on another planet in recent...

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 01, 2013

Was Seamus Heaney a Catholic poet?

Religion’s never mentioned here,’ of course. ‘You know them by their eyes,’ and hold your...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

On poverty, race, families and Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Other than arguments about the United States becoming entangled in Syria, and Miley Cyrus coming...

August 28, 2013

What NOT to teach a metro reporting intern

Need a new role model after #MileyCyrus? Try Sister Vivian, a rockin' 100yo nun who's...

August 28, 2013

AP: Accused corpse-stealer is ‘religious’

So here's a weird story, out on the Associated Press wire: A man accused of...

August 27, 2013

A murdered child, a guilty teen, ‘Dexter’ and a very real hell

One of the big ideas of this website, oft repeated in a variety of wordings,...

August 26, 2013

Cutting ‘the Rev.’ out of a key Ravens executive’s work

If you number yourself among the millions and millions of Americans who follow the National...

August 26, 2013

Hurrah: Learning more about Antoinette Tuff’s religion

The other day I was reading an obituary of Tom Christian, descendent of the Bounty...

August 26, 2013

The Boston Globe shows how to write about church planters

Earlier this month I called a story about a church planter in Brooklyn the worst...

August 25, 2013

After Hasan trial: Spot big religion ghost in this story

The military trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan was never -- as a journalism story --...

August 22, 2013

Guess which sin makes church discipline newsworthy?

Every week, in churches around the world, Christians engage in a peculiar practice in which...

August 22, 2013

So, is Benedict XVI lying about motives for his retirement?

So let's say that The Telegraph prints a story from its Rome bureau about the...

August 22, 2013

The heroism of Antoinette Tuff

A reader sent along a link to a story about an amazing woman who talked...

August 21, 2013

Should CNN editor accept religious liberty award?

A Religion Dispatches blog post this week noted that CNN Godbeat pro Eric Marrapodi will receive the first...

August 20, 2013

LATimes sees the layers of threats against Copts in Egypt

The dominant story coming out of Egypt right now continues, and with good cause, to...

August 16, 2013

What did Pope Tawadros say? When did he say it? (updated)

At the pivotal event announcing the fall of President Mohamed Morsi, a number of symbolic...

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...

August 13, 2013

Sun sheds very little light on new linebacker’s faith

If you know anything about the Baltimore Ravens, then you probably know something about the...

August 12, 2013

The Sun talks (just talk, no facts) about an Episcopal hero

I didn't know much about the Rt. Rev. David Leighton -- the 11th diocese of...

August 11, 2013

The missing faith angle in the Catholic charity story

Having grown up in a large Catholic family that volunteered at her church, a former...

August 10, 2013

Tim Tebow meets the fans in liberal New England

Man, that Tim Tebow is way more popular than he should be, in light of...

August 08, 2013

Major Nidal Hasan talks about faith, like it or not

Some may disagree, but I think we have reached the point where we can say...

August 07, 2013

The curious incident of the Catholic school in the L.A. Times

In one of the most famous Sherlock Holmes mysteries, Silver Blaze, the clue that led...

August 06, 2013

USA Today offers faith-free look at meditation, stress

Journalists who try to cover the life and teachings of Deepak Chopra always face the...

August 05, 2013

Tampa Bay tear jerker: A ‘former’ Baptist pastor?

The following is a picky little post about a story that kind of got under...

August 03, 2013

Round II: The LATimes ignores Supremes, covenant too

There were quite a few logical journalistic questions to ask after my post about the...

August 02, 2013

Yes or no: This school has a Catholic doctrinal covenant?

Let's start with an informal quiz. Raise your hand if you think it would be...