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July 2014

July 31, 2014

Wait? Who is calling who an ‘evangelical’ or ‘conservative’?

Bravo and a big amen to Religion News Service editor Kevin Eckstrom for a crisp...

July 02, 2014

Yo WPost: Tim Howard saves, but he says with God’s help

I have decided to yield to the inevitable. This morning's digital Religion News Service newsletter...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

What’s in a name? PCA vs. PCUSA

Oh my. My heart goes out to the writer at NBC News' breaking news desk...

May 2014

May 01, 2014

African simony assertions from Religion News Service

As a good Protestant (in an Anglican context, of course), I reject the doctrine of...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

Easter season, check … Chip away at basic beliefs, check

You know all of those news articles you see published every year at Ramadan that...

April 17, 2014

Ahhh … a balanced article on religion … thanks, David

After carving apart so many journalism-challenged articles, it's nice to be able to throw laurels...

April 15, 2014

What he said! Yes, Hollywood wants more Christian $$$$

In this morning's email newsletter from the folks at Religion News Service, editor Kevin Eckstrom...

April 14, 2014

For the Times, Ayaan Hirsi Ali controversy has only one side

Brandeis University offered an honorary degree to a controversial speaker, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, then withdrew...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Is Christopher Senyonjo a gay martyr or gay icon?

The Associated Press has a story out today on a former bishop of the Church...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Sausage making and news reporting on Zanzibar

Otto von Bismark's reputed maxim: "Laws are like sausages — it is best not to...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

So what is happening with Anglican gay marriage?

Wire service reporting takes a special skill that not all writers posses. In less than...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Isn’t that special? Satan pays a visit to the Bible Belt (updated)

When the devil issues a press release, the media pay attention. Satan has stirred a...

December 05, 2013

RNS: It’s no rumor; Turks want Hagia Sophia as a mosque

Talk about a trip into my guilt file. I just did a quick search in...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Where’s the other side in atheist lawsuit story?

Religion News Service had an interesting story recently about atheists challenging Uncle Sam over nonprofit...

November 15, 2013

Pod people: Don’t mess with C.S. Lewis

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with...

November 06, 2013

Grossman’s blog is back: Faith & Reason 2.0 at RNS

One of the first signs that the religion beat was in trouble at USA Today...

November 03, 2013

C.S. Lewis the occultist and other rather obvious errors

Here's a dirty little secret that reporters don't want you to know. When writing the...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Memories of Jack Spong (as opposed to hagiography)

Many years had elapsed during which nothing of Combray, save what was comprised in the...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

More personnel changes on the Godbeat

Here at GetReligion, we don't generally report the news. We critique media coverage of the...

September 14, 2013

Assessing the state of the Godbeat

I posted earlier this week on three veteran superstars of the Godbeat — Ann Rodgers,...

September 13, 2013

Fresh take on Yom Kippur

I wish we saw more coverage of liturgical holidays but I get why we don't....

September 06, 2013

Imagine Pope Francis; help artists win prizes

So, unless you have spent quite a bit of time on another planet in recent...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Should some marriages be scare-quoted?

Many moons ago, when I was asking questions about why Religion News Service put "religious...

August 29, 2013

Off to war again. But a just one?

Everyone ready for another war? Ready or not, it appears that we are about to...

August 24, 2013

Religion and the 1963 March on Washington

August 28 is the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. There's a huge...

August 23, 2013

Americans prejudiced against Al Jazeera?

The new cable news channel Al Jazeera America is drawing a lot of major media...

August 19, 2013

Godbeat losing one of its best and brightest

Usually, we critique religion news here at GetReligion. Occasionally, we report on significant developments on...

August 16, 2013

Hey, you put your opinion in my news!

One of the many products offered by Religion News Service is its daily round-up of...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Pope Francis’ 1st miracle: media coverage of mercy

A day after Popocalypse 2013 happened, we have the actual transcript of the remarks that...

July 20, 2013

Some RNS cheerleading for gay marriage

A poor outing from Religion News Service this week in its article about the passage...