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September 2013

September 10, 2013

And now, a newsworthy word from the Rt. anti-Rev. Dawkins

First things first. Wait just a minute: Richard Dawkins said what?!? By way of a...

September 10, 2013

Et tu, Tim? Townsend latest to leave the Godbeat (updated)

Speaking of Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes ... In the last few weeks, we've highlighted the departures of...

September 09, 2013

A Scottish tabloid libels the Churches of Christ

Tabloids will always be with us. Few will admit to taking Jesus-shaped potato chips, astrology,...

September 08, 2013

What is the X-factor in Syrian bloodshed? DUH! (updated)

It seems that many networkers in the online world remain fired up about that recent...

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 06, 2013

Gay rights in San Antonio: simple quote, complex subject

In San Antonio, a battle over a proposed ordinance to add "gender identity” and “sexual...

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 05, 2013

So this renegade Polish priest and an Episcopal bishop walk into a bar …

OK, not really. But you know how we're always going on about stories that make...

September 04, 2013

AP embraces cliches, labels in seminary prez profile

Yawn. Sorry, I just finished reading The Associated Press' feeble attempt at profiling Albert Mohler...

September 03, 2013

PBS: Understanding Syria (minus any nasty religion stuff)

So here we go again. This weekend I mentioned an online explainer piece served up...

September 03, 2013

Jake Tapper on opinion journalism masquerading as news

I'm a longtime fan of Jake Tapper of CNN, and formerly of ABC News. I...

September 02, 2013

How to follow totally secular Syria news on Twitter

The goal here at GetReligion is, of course, to look at the good and the...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Noooooooooooo!!! Godbeat losing a superstar

It's official: I'm leaving Post-Gazette 9/5 to be communications director for #Catholic @diopitt Thanks for...

August 30, 2013

WWROD? What does sharia law look like in practice?

The other day, in a discussion of events in Egypt, I noted -- once again...

August 30, 2013

Should some marriages be scare-quoted?

Many moons ago, when I was asking questions about why Religion News Service put "religious...

August 29, 2013

Off to war again. But a just one?

Everyone ready for another war? Ready or not, it appears that we are about to...

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

Pod people: What’s religion got to do with Egyptian tourism?

In the wake of the events of 9/11, I had the honor of taking part...

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 23, 2013

What do Egyptians really mean when they say ‘sharia’?

One of the major themes in GetReligion posts about Islam over the past decade has...

August 23, 2013

Americans prejudiced against Al Jazeera?

The new cable news channel Al Jazeera America is drawing a lot of major media...

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 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...