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March 2014

March 17, 2014

Is it legal to let St. Patrick be St. Patrick? (Plus MZ zinger)

I guess that the crucial question -- at this moment in time -- is whether...

March 17, 2014

Seeking “Help!” on five venerable world religions

JAEDE ASKS: I need to know the founder, area of the world it’s in, what...

March 17, 2014

Bubbles, Lutherans and the Wall Street Journal

Can colored soap bubbles blow up church attendance? Can giant crossword puzzles spell success? If...

March 16, 2014

Dominican posts handy guide to Pope Francis press myths

Every now and then a scribe at some other weblog (and we're not just talking...

March 14, 2014

Funny, that rainy day is here — complete with dance steps

Honestly, I thought I was reading some stray chapter from the New Agey Celestine Prophecy...

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 13, 2014

Concerning all those angry white married men in pews

It's mid-term election time, which means that it's time, once again, for the mainstream press...

March 13, 2014

Jews and Jesus: A ‘Spiritual Incursion’ in St. Louis

The breaking news — only 2,000 years old — that Christians and Jews have vastly...

March 12, 2014

Concerning that gathering called by the Ecumenical Patriarch

"Journalism is the first rough draft of history," according to a famous quote by publisher...

March 11, 2014

United Methodism doctrine? Think location, location, location

Sherman, please set the controls of the GetReligion WABAC (pronounced "wayback") machine for the year...

March 11, 2014

Giving both sides a voice in Methodist same-sex debate

Maybe you've noticed, but your normally friendly GetReligionistas get grumpy when newspapers write one-sided stories....

March 11, 2014

Church & state: Double coverage challenge in Seattle

I often ding mainstream media for lapses on religious doctrine. I also criticize them for...

March 10, 2014

After more bullets in Baltimore: ‘Why couldn’t God stop this?’

Long ago, I was talking to an inner-city pastor (a priest, actually) in Denver who...

March 10, 2014

Could the pope of Rome ever be Jewish?

ELIZABETH ASKS: Isn’t it possible for the Pope to be Jewish? And if the Catholic...

March 08, 2014

Those elusive Devout Catholics™ are back

We have another Devout Catholic™ sighting! That legendary creature, best known to reporters in mainstream...

March 06, 2014

Dallas Morning News advocacy journalism, the prequel

Pardon me, Dallas Morning News. We underestimated you. I'll explain what I mean in a...

March 05, 2014

Attention NYTimes: Boko Haram has made its goals clear

There is much to commend in the recent New York Times report that ran under...

March 04, 2014

Mysterious role of religion in Newsweek resurrection?

It's hard to miss the religious zinger in this passage from a New York Times...

March 04, 2014

So, AP does its part to pin Nazi salute on Trail Life boys?

I doubt that many news consumers who do a quick read of the recent Associated...

March 04, 2014

Dallas paper advocates for Methodist same-sex marriage

Let's try this again. I thought Tamie "wife of this blogger" Ross had a catchy...

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 03, 2014

Sharp reporting exposes anti-Israel PCUSA study

I once made a Presbyterian leader sputter. Didn’t mean to. I just asked a question...

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 28, 2014

Got news? So what’s RFRA got to do with Arizona?

For the past 20 years or so, while watching more and more debates over the...

February 28, 2014

Interview or argument? There’s a difference, CNN

Want to get drunk fast? Watch this video and take a swig of an adult...

February 27, 2014

If at first you don’t succeed … find another source

Tis a lesson you should heed: Try, try again. If at first you don't succeed,...

February 26, 2014

So there: Rod Dreher goes and writes a GetReligion post

So, yes, I'll admit that I was a bit disappointed (stage cue: slight choke in...

February 26, 2014

Mea culpa: Houston, this time the problem was me

I screwed up. In a post Tuesday, I reported wrongly that the Houston Chronicle managed only...

February 25, 2014

Yo, Globe: Why settle for fog when you have a better option?

So I had a meeting the other day with a former GetReligionista and, within minutes,...

February 25, 2014

Houston, we have a Presbyterian ‘evangelist’ problem (correction)

Correction: The Houston Chronicle's coverage was much more extensive than reported below. Read our apology...