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October 2013

October 18, 2013

Pod people: Are Christians crazy, or just stupid?

There is little new under the sun when it comes to anti-theistic arguments. Whether it...

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 09, 2013

Warming the chair? WSJ laments the loss of the pew

It's five minutes past the hour, and you're late for services. The cat insisted on...

October 07, 2013

Unforced Anglican errors from The Telegraph

The Telegraph has waded into the waters of international Anglican affairs -- and I'm afraid...

October 06, 2013

WSJ: Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the ‘Menurkey’

To purists, Hanukkah, sometimes rendered Chanukah, is the red-headed stepchild of Jewish holy days: it's not...

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...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Communing with a Lubavitcher ‘saint?’

One of the most fascinating communities in Orthodox Judaism has to be the Lubavitcher group,...

September 15, 2013

Closer to God than all the diagrams in the world

An obituary of Father Robert F. Capon in the New York Times? Sounds great. It...

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...

August 08, 2013

Not that there’s anything wrong with that …

Not that there's anything wrong with that ... A front-page Los Angeles Times headline this...

July 2013

July 27, 2013

NYT front page discovers the most popular Bible app

Hey, guess what? If you want to read the Bible online, there's an app for...

July 19, 2013

The AP discovers the Christian hipster pastor

Does your pastor wear v-neck shirts, have tattoos on both forearms, and ride a fixed-gear...

July 17, 2013

Boy Scouts: Hollywood vs. some vague army of Americans

On one level, the recent Reuters "special report" on the financial issues haunting the 10,600-acre...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Mormon missionaries: switching from bikes to iPads?

From CBS News: SALT LAKE CITY — The common image of Mormon missionaries has long...

June 22, 2013

Media MIA: Mother Dolores Hart’s love for Jesus

It's the question that echoes between the lines of mainstream news features about the life...

June 06, 2013

Boomers are killing themselves. Why?

Tuesday's front page of the Washington Post had a collection of interesting stories above the...

June 05, 2013

How should journalists fight back against sacred jargon?

Yesterday, CNN ran a feature highlighting the faith of members of a Bible group the...

June 02, 2013

The theology in all those Father Greeley sex scenes

Much like his friend (historian, not theologian) Martin Marty, the prominent sociologist (not theologian) Father...

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...

May 28, 2013

Haunted story or not? On vampires, Satanism and murder

Day after day, the stunning story of young Morgan Lane Arnold has unfolded in the...

May 24, 2013

Mormonism is a religion, not just a culture

For people serious about their faith, religious beliefs tend not only to influence other types...

April 2013

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 31, 2013

Render unto Google the things which are Google’s …

First of all, let me state right up front that it is hard to do...

March 06, 2013

Duck, duck, ghost: Media miss faith angle on ‘Duck Dynasty’

Do you speak duck? Last Wednesday night, the Season 3 premiere of A&E's "Duck Dynasty" delivered...

March 04, 2013

Inside the History Channel’s epic TV miniseries ‘The Bible’

This is one of those GetReligion follow-up posts where we basically say, "See, was that...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Playing the same-sex marriage card

Over the weekend, the better half stirred up quite a hornet's nest for a post...

February 26, 2013

What, precisely, makes Stephenie Meyer so important? (updated)

I need some help, folks. My goal is to find that classic Washington Post piece...

February 14, 2013

Little Valentine’s Day sex for those (old) mainliners?

On one level, I cannot believe that the folks at Religion News Service thought to...

February 05, 2013

Ugh — when ‘reality’ TV looks inside clergy homes

I know, I know. "The Sisterhood" is a reality television show about pastors' wives. I...