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July 2014

July 31, 2014

Can a laundromat replace the traditional church?

My @Npr story this AM about an alternative to church that helps poor people do...

July 23, 2014

La Nación on soccer and Protestantism in Brazil

Sitting in my "guilt file" of stories I should be covering -- but have not...

July 17, 2014

Pod people: Gunga Galunga goes CNN

Carl: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to...

June 2014

June 14, 2014

Got news? Yes, there was a funeral for Ann B. Davis

I realize that I have written two GetReligion posts (here and then here) about the...

June 10, 2014

The ongoing spectacle of NYTimes contempt for religion

Yes, this was a piece of commentary. In other words, it was not a news...

June 09, 2014

Ann B. Davis: True heroine of alternative families?

My recent GetReligion piece on the life and ministry of actress Ann B. Davis, a...

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 29, 2014

Boy, you got a prayer in … the drive-thru lane

I'll never forget a sermon I heard as a young boy — mainly because I...

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

Épater le bourgeois catholique

Stories about religion seem to do odd things to otherwise sensible reporters. Some news articles...

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 02, 2014

Newspaper reporter critiqued by GetReligion fires back

.@TipsForJesus still leaves $$$, so for #Easter, we asked ethicists - is it moral?

April 2014

April 18, 2014

What would Jesus tip? Be sure to ask … secular ethicists!?

.@TipsForJesus still leaves $$$, so for #Easter, we asked ethicists - is it moral?

April 18, 2014

New York critics, heaven and a very busy religion week

OK, think of all of the stereotypes that you have heard about elite critics in...

April 15, 2014

What he said! Yes, Hollywood wants more Christian $$$$

In this morning's email newsletter from the folks at Religion News Service, editor Kevin Eckstrom...

April 12, 2014

WPost: Confessions of a (liberal) Christian film critic

The following observations have little to do with the normal work that we do here...

April 11, 2014

So who is Stephen Colbert really? Maybe ask a priest?

The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,Video Archive A decade ago, when...

April 07, 2014

What precisely pulled Mickey Rooney back from the abyss?

There are no second acts in American lives. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Oh really?...

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...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Can we let Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist rest in peace?

There's no such thing as bad publicity — at least that's how the saying goes....

March 27, 2014

About those rough religious waters for the ‘Noah’ movie

A USA Today headline declares: 'Noah' hits rough religious waters on-screen The top of the...

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 13, 2014

Pod people: There really are two sides to every story, folks

The stories we critique here at GetReligion usually fall into one of two categories. First...

March 03, 2014

Time: McConaughey’s ‘confounding’ speech at Oscars

Did you hear that awkward sound at the Oscars last night, the one right after...

March 01, 2014

Half-naked dancers and public prayers in Oklahoma City

"Gonna wear my Thunderwear in Times Square." My friend Randy Roper, the preaching minister for my...

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...

February 14, 2014

Got news? The one and only Caesar of Jewish humor

Remember all of those nasty charges by anti-Semites through the years that The New York...

February 13, 2014

Hollywood’s ‘Noah’ wars: Why not quote the Bible?

Let's face it. That Noah character in Genesis 9 is one pretty wired, complex fellow....

February 12, 2014

Baring their souls: Seeking more coverage on naked church

Strip down this post to its bare essentials, and here's the naked truth: Sometimes the...

February 05, 2014

Got news? Can Christian and atheist swap lives for a month?

Half a world away from my Oklahoma home, an experiment just concluded in Australia. An...