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August 2013

August 05, 2013

Agnus Dei: Presbyterian hymnal fight makes news

Before we look at a news story from The Tennessean, a little background. Last week...

August 04, 2013

Pod People: CBS asks if Pope is breaking with Vatican

The previous week gave us a lot to talk about here at GetReligion. Check out...

August 02, 2013

NPR: true tolerance=open marriages

I'm just catching up on some email but last week a former reporter submitted a...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

The ghost in Bud Day’s obituary

Of the many wonderful parts of the New York Times, my favorite is the obituary...

July 29, 2013

The truly interfaith church of what’s happening now

From the very beginning of this weblog, your GetReligionistas have argued that some of America's...

July 29, 2013

Media obsession dangers: Pope and gay priests edition

Ermagerd, everybody! The Pope has renounced all church teaching on everything! Stop the presses! Start...

July 28, 2013

When lawsuits attack, Catholic edition

A few weeks ago, a lawsuit in Nevada made news because it revolved around alleged...

July 26, 2013

News crisis: when people agree (Lutheran edition)

I'm in St. Louis this week at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's 65th regular convention. The...

July 24, 2013

Did mainline churches lead or follow the culture?

I love it when a good religion story gets people chatting. The New York Times...

July 22, 2013

NYT struggles to distinguish Voltaire, Spider-Man and Jesus

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus says: But he who did not know, yet committed...

July 21, 2013

Skeptical about the NYT’s Mormon skeptic piece

We joke about having guilt files here at GetReligion -- folders full of stories that...

July 19, 2013

Intrigue in the wide, wide world of the religion-news beat?

For several days now, I have been very curious about an item related to mainstream...

July 18, 2013

Media: Pope says retweets spring the soul!

You may have read stories about the Vatican announcing that Roman Catholics may earn time...

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...

July 17, 2013

Associated Press: Think before you tweet

Romenesko published a memo the Associated Press sent out after a couple of tweets received...

July 16, 2013

NPR misses the symbolism — and reality — of Jane Roe

NPR had a story on the Texas legislature passing what journalists usually call "sweeping abortion...

July 13, 2013

Pay wall blues: This inspirational SI cover gets religion

Are there any working journalists in this day and age who do not have a...

July 12, 2013

Big tests for media’s abortion message machine

Someone on Twitter noticed something illuminating about mainstream media coverage of social issues that's worth...

July 11, 2013

Strangely faith-free story about ministry to feed the poor

For the past two decades, I have spent quite a bit of time driving the...

July 10, 2013

Not all things considered: NPR on hymns

Let's get the praise for this story about praise music and hymnody out of the...

July 09, 2013

Another religious holiday commercialized

I remember a sermon where a pastor pointed out that if it weren't for commercialization...

July 06, 2013

A Newtown massacre in Nigeria, with ghosts

Absolutely horrific news out of Nigeria today. From the Associated Press: POTISKUM, Nigeria — Islamic...

July 02, 2013

Zeleny’s questions: 3 on shoes, 3 on catheters, 0 on abortion

Earlier this week, we discussed the six questions that ABC News' reporter Jeff Zeleny asked...

July 01, 2013

There’s more to Egypt’s pain than secularism vs. religion

Many GetReligion readers have, I am sure, spent some time today following the urgent news...

July 01, 2013

Tough questions: ‘You gonna put those shoes on again?’

Embedded above is a clip from CNN where media critic Howard Kurtz says what is...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Media: Remember your filibuster? That was awesome.

The media gushing over Texas filibusterer Sen. Wendy Davis continues in such a way as...

June 25, 2013

AP’s abominable (but familiar) abortion approach

So I guess the Associated Press' reportorial staff in Texas is on vacation this week....

June 24, 2013

Journalism highs and lows: Christianity and gays edition

I'm elated to be able to highlight a wonderful article headlined "Christians' views vary on...

June 17, 2013

Crush Davis wrestles with anger issues, with God’s help

I realize that GetReligion readers have repeatedly demonstrated their lack of interest in the world...

June 16, 2013

Pod people: media struggles mightily with abortion coverage

On this week's Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I discussed that embarrassing BuzzFeed confusion --...