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2014-08-29T13:31:31-04:00

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The Atlantic: Apparently, ‘evangelical’ now equals ‘cult’

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By tmatt

Veteran GetReligion readers will know that, every year or two, there is some kind of mainstream media meltdown linked to (a) leaders of a mainstream religious group using the word “cult” to describe another religion or (b) some radical new religious movement behaving in a truly frightening manner that leads to it being labeled a “cult” by secular journalists. The results are often rather icky, from the point of view of logic and information. During one of these blowups a... Read more

International House of Prayer

2014-08-29T13:31:32-04:00

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What’s in a name? PCA vs. PCUSA

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By geoconger

Oh my. My heart goes out to the writer at NBC News’ breaking news desk for having bungled a story from the Presbyterian Church of the USA (PCUSA)’s General Assembly in Detroit. From the conservative religion news and advocacy website Juicy Ecumenism, here is a report from reporter Alexander Griswold from the meeting: At its 2014 General Assembly held in Detroit, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to approve two measures to allow ministers to perform same-sex marriages. The first, Item... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:32-04:00

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Irish children’s deaths: Media may be returning to sanity

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By Jim Davis

Are cooler heads finally prevailing in that story of the children who died at a nun-run home in Ireland? There are some signs. But the temp is not yet back to normal. As you may recall from a previous column of mine, a local historian determined that hundreds of children died at St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway, between 1925 and 1961. She couldn’t find their graves in nearby cemeteries, and she concluded that most of... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:33-04:00

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All Catholics oppose death penalty and all Baptists favor it?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

In the wake of the nation’s first executions since Oklahoma’s botched lethal injection, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an interesting story on a young Republican concerned about the death penalty: Late Tuesday, as the clock approached midnight, Marcus Wellons rode to oblivion on a state-inserted needle, his punishment for the rape and murder of a young Cobb County neighbor 24 years ago. That same day, Marc Hyden, a 30-year-old confirmed conservative Republican from Marietta, hopped a plane for Washington D.C. Today, he... Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2014-08-29T13:31:33-04:00

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NYTimes: Why did two towns produce so many priests?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By tmatt

At least once a year, a major newsroom in the United States produces a big story about the OTHER Catholic crisis in this land, which is the declining number of men entering the priesthood (and women and men entering religious orders, as well). The American priesthood is getting smaller and older. It is possible to write this story over and over, year after year, covering the same ground and pretending that this is a “news trend.” However, skilled journalists can... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:34-04:00

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Nuns, strippers and the never-boring Godbeat

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

Sister Mary Clarence could totally fix this: Nuns file suit over noisy strip club next door: http://t.co/9JTlzgJO3i pic.twitter.com/kyLz0ISk0F — Kevin Eckstrom (@KevinEckstrom) June 18, 2014 Two words: nuns, strippers. AP colleague on this irresistible story also touching on zoning law, strip club rights: http://t.co/n0ZhByigSh — Michael Tarm / AP (@mtarm) June 18, 2014 Suburban nuns step up fight against neighboring strip club: http://t.co/AafNZVN0G5 @nbcphilrogers pic.twitter.com/JlEB9BjqUN — NBC5 Investigates (@NBC5Investigate) June 10, 2014 Put another one in the “Godbeat sure ain’t... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:34-04:00

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Immigration: Its not just Eric Cantor’s problem anymore

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By geoconger

One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter: Sure, if the other man is an idiot. Was Martin Luther King Jr. a terrorist? Was Bin Laden a freedom fighter? Jonah Goldberg, The Tyranny of Clichés (2012) Immigration is the issue of the moment in the United States following Rep. Eric Cantor’s primary defeat this week. But the U.S. is not alone in playing host to illegal immigrants and struggling with sharply divided views over what to do about them. Yet the coverage of... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:35-04:00

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Christians attacked in Iraq: Media finally paying attention

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By Jim Davis

Finally, someone notices that Christians are suffering and dying in the Middle East. With few exceptions, many western secular media have seemed blind to the rising tide of antagonism and outbursts of violence against believers there. It apparently took the naked aggression of jihadists who have swallowed up much of Iraq’s northern sector to get some attention. Whether it’s in time is another matter. Holly Williams of CBS Evening News did a brisk but vivid report on Christians in Bartella,... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:35-04:00

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Arizona Republic gets lots of the Latin Mass details right

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By tmatt

It’s time for a simple test. Yes, this does involve some Latin. True or false. The following quotation is taken from the Communion passages in the Latin Mass. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccàta mundi; miserère nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccàta mundi; miserère nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccàta mundi; dona nobis pacem. Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccàta mundi. Beàti qui ad cenam Agni vocàti sunt. Yes, this is a bit of a trick question. Actually, this is... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:36-04:00

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Politico’s long-but-shallow exposé on Hobby Lobby family

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:31 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

Cue the dramatic music. Politico has a breathless, 2,200-word profile of the Greens — the Hobby Lobby family — out this week with this sensational headline: Hobby Lobby aims for Obamacare win, Christian nation Stop the presses! In one sense, it’s a long piece seemingly designed to expose the Greens’ desire to promote the Bible as truth. At the same time — despite its length — the report ends up feeling rather shallow in the true depth it provides. Like a... Read more

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