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January 2013

January 02, 2013

Got news? That other 2012 Supreme Court case

Does anyone out there in GetReligion reader land remember that narrow U.S. Supreme Court decision...

January 01, 2013

Do Nativity scenes owe more to artists than historians?

I am blessed to be a member of an absolutely wonderful congregation. It's a healthy...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

WWROD: When reporters fail to get religion ….

A quick online confession: Yes, I am "Terry in D.C." You see, while I am...

December 30, 2012

ESPN gets Irvin and his ‘threshing floor’ sermon

Hey! Time for another GetReligion post about religious issues in sports coverage! Can you hear...

December 29, 2012

Yes, before Baltimore, Lori was bishop of Newtown

If the mainstream press has a creed, one of its central tenets is certainly this...

December 28, 2012

Everything you know about Christmas is wrong

George just posted about an old story being rehashed for Christmas, which reminded me that...

December 27, 2012

Bear QB after RGIII keeps the vague faith

As we roll through the semi-holy football season of minor bowls, I am happy to...

December 22, 2012

WWROD: Which denominations do what well?

So, GetReligion readers, have you submitted a religion-rooted question yet to veteran scribe Richard Ostling,...

December 22, 2012

Ghost of Notre Dame’s modern-day ‘Rudy’

Is the pope Catholic? Wait. That's not what I wanted to know. Here's my real...

December 20, 2012

Christmas carol wars on the DC Metro — not

Anyone who spends much time on subways and other forms of mass transit knows that...

December 20, 2012

The nones on the bus

This week the Pew folks came out with a large Global Religious Landscape report. It's...

December 19, 2012

Bring your swords, and guns, to church

Back in my high school days, my family attended a Church of Christ in Fort...

December 19, 2012

The late Rev. Fred Rogers fills his pastoral role, once again

During the past few days, how many of you have either (a) seen this picture...

December 18, 2012

Dancing alone in that D.C. Franciscan hermitage?

Back in my Rocky Mountain News days, I covered an ecumenical gathering in Boulder, Colo.,...

December 18, 2012

Who? What? When? Where? Hunh?

I am confident I found the weirdest religion news story of the month. The This...

December 17, 2012

Coming soon to a TV near you: ‘The Bible’

It only took 2,000-plus years, but 'The Bible" is making news. Seriously, both USA Today and...

December 17, 2012

So a rabbi and a priest and 20 parents walk into hell

So, how many GetReligion readers will be able to forget watching the Robbie Parker press...

December 17, 2012

Telling Newtown’s story sensitively

I hope you can see the picture here. If you can't, please click here for...

December 16, 2012

Not all ‘nones’ are atheists

In England and Wales, there were 37.3 million Christians in 2001, representing 72 percent of...

December 16, 2012

So, ‘broader societal problems’ in Newtown, or not?

It goes without saying that the GetReligion crew has been closely watching the coverage of...

December 15, 2012

Pod people: Forgiveness is such a simple word

Forgiveness is such a simple word But it's so hard to do when you've been...

December 14, 2012

WWROD: What the heck is a ‘denomination’ anyway?

As I mentioned the other day, one of the best religion-beat professionals ever -- that...

December 12, 2012

Ho ho ho and Merry F-word!

On its Money section cover today, USA Today celebrates a business that's using an R-rated word...

December 11, 2012

A young, dying heart and the prayers of JPII

News reports that involve claims of the miraculous can get a bit messy (as we...

December 10, 2012

The Southern Baptists’ scarlet ‘A’

Let's say your church's pastor is accused of molesting at least four teenage girls. Let's...

December 08, 2012

On same-sex marriage: What is the chief justice thinking?

People who study the dynamics of this U.S. Supreme Court have, from the get-go, assumed...

December 07, 2012

Should churches, left or right, serve as polling places?

Anyone who knows anything about the at times dangerous dance between politics and religion in...

December 06, 2012

Who’s feeding the starving people?

If you're familiar with USA Today, you know that the front page generally features a few...

December 06, 2012

Some journalists waking up to Egyptian realities?

Day after day the news from Egypt seems to get darker and more confusing. This...

December 04, 2012

For some reason, someone forgave someone else

If someone took your child's life, would you forgive the killer? Renee Napier did. But...