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2014-08-29T13:31:52-04:00

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Bratwurst fest in Wisconsin: You never sausage intolerance

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

(Rubbing eyes) This is the New York Times, isn’t it? They’re being nice to conservatives and not so nice to liberals! Madison, Wisc., is known for at least two things: a liberal, accepting mindset, and an annual brats-and-beer festival. But this year, according to the Times, organizer Tom Metcalfe added a new ingredient. Two, actually. Christian music and Bob Lenz, a motivational speaker on teen suicide. What’s not to like? Wellllppp …. But this month, a local newspaper noted that... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:52-04:00

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Bowe Bergdahl: Calvinist, Buddhist, Muslim seeker?

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

While most of the DC Beltway journalists do that dance that they do (Will the vaguely legal Taliban prisoner swap hurt Democrats in 2014 elections?!), there are some interesting religion-beat questions hiding between the lines in the story of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. As a jumping-off point, consider the following rather bizarre passage in this New York Post report: As a teen, the home-schooled son of Calvinists took up ballet — recruited to be a “lifter” by “a beautiful local girl,”... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:53-04:00

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Building religion IQ in reporters? We say, ‘Amen!’

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

Usually, GetReligion focuses on critiquing mainstream media coverage of religion and pointing out holy ghosts. Occasionally, we share news on personnel changes on the Godbeat — such as Jim Davis’ must-read interview this week with laid-off Tampa Tribune religion writer Michelle Bearden. And sometimes — as with this post — we can’t resist recommending an article or essay that hits at the core of our passion for informed, thoughtful religion reporting. “Building Religion IQ in Reporters” is the title of... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:53-04:00

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Memory eternal: The life and quiet ministry of ‘Ann B.’

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

One of the complicated subjects that religion-beat professionals talk about behind the scenes, if they are themselves religious believers, is how to pick out a safe congregation to join in the city that they are covering. The goal is to find a good one, but not one that has a history of making news. During my Rocky Mountain News days, for example, my family joined what I thought was a nice safe, rather low-key parish near downtown (at this stage... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:54-04:00

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Can Christian unity help a troubled Ukraine?

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

2014-08-29T13:31:55-04:00

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Let them eat cake and — in Colorado — make others bake it

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

I’m no expert on baking, but I suspect that a layer cake should stand straight, not lean to one side. The Denver Post should have followed that recipe for its latest story on the man who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The Post article is brief and mostly factual, especially for a newspaper that has written a lot of stories on the case for nearly two years. But it favors the gay side, both in... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:55-04:00

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Debating the new Associated Press Stylebook, round two

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

At this point, I still do not have a copy of the new Associated Press Stylebook, the 2014 edition with the chapter dedicated to issues in mainstream religion-news coverage. I think I will hold out for the spiral edition, which makes it so much easier to work with when writing, because you can open it up next to your keyboard and it stays open. Where do get one of those these days, since Amazon only sells the paperback? That said,... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:55-04:00

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Pod people: Vatican III? Nicea III? Press blind spot 666?

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

The questions jumped into Twitter in a flash, which is what one would assume would happen when there is a chance that a once-a-millennium news story could be breaking. So Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and Pope Francis have proposed a 2025 event to mark the great Council of Nicea. Line up, religion-news consumers, to ask your big questions. Father James Martin, you go first: Whoa! Huge news. Pope, Patriarch call for Ecumenical Council in 2025. Vatican III? No. Nicea III.... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:31:56-04:00

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WPost: Avoiding Maya Angelou’s soul, if at all possible

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

In the world of political, cultural and social studies theory there is a term — “civil religion” — that scholars have been arguing about for decades. You can talk about Rousseau and you can dig into Tocqueville and travel on to Martin Marty, but sooner or later you end up with the 1967 Robert Bellah essay entitled, “Civil Religion in America,” written by Robert Bellah in Daedalus in 1967. As the Encyclopedia of Religion and Society notes: Bellah’s definition of... Read more

2014-08-29T13:31:56-04:00

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Got news? Did Erdogan lead prayers in Hagia Sophia or not?

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

Eastern Orthodox Christians who follow events in the ancient homelands of the Eastern church have had May 29th marked on their calendars for several weeks now. Why is that? Because of the following news, or potential news (this particular story is care of a mainstream news site in Finland). Note the time element at the end of this passage: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government plans to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia Basilica into a mosque in the afternoon and evening... Read more

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