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Cutting ‘the Rev.’ out of a key Ravens executive’s work 27 Aug 2013 | 03:01 am
If you number yourself among the millions and millions of Americans who follow the National Football League, then you know that this coming week is one of the most interesting, important and traumatic...
Hurrah: Learning more about Antoinette Tuff’s religion 26 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
The other day I was reading an obituary of Tom Christian, descendent of the Bounty mutineer. It was in the New York Times and written by my very favorite obituary writer, Margalit Fox. So, right up to...
The Boston Globe shows how to write about church planters 26 Aug 2013 | 01:42 pm
Earlier this month I called a story about a church planter in Brooklyn the worst religion story of the year. I don’t like to write harsh critiques (really, I don’t) but it’s frustrating to have an int...
After Hasan trial: Spot big religion ghost in this story 25 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
The military trial of Maj. Nidal Hasan was never — as a journalism story — really about whether or not he was guilty of massacring his unarmed colleagues at Ft. Hood, Texas. With Nasan representing hi...
Religion and the 1963 March on Washington 25 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
August 28 is the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. There’s a huge rally down at the Lincoln Memorial today and media coverage has been ramping up in preparation. One of the complaints ...
Has the gay movement peaked? 24 Aug 2013 | 07:40 am
In a speech delivered at the Mansion House in London on 10 Nov 1942, Winston Churchill predicted the British victory at the battle of El Alamein would mark the turn of the tide of Germany’s fortunes. ...
What do Egyptians really mean when they say ‘sharia’? 23 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
One of the major themes in GetReligion posts about Islam over the past decade has been our emphasis on the fact that there is no one monolithic Islam, no one simplistic way for journalists to approach...
Americans prejudiced against Al Jazeera? 23 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
The new cable news channel Al Jazeera America is drawing a lot of major media attention. USA Today asks in a relatively meaty story: Al Jazeera America: Will U.S. viewers buy it? A chunk of that repor...
Guess which sin makes church discipline newsworthy? 23 Aug 2013 | 02:39 am
Every week, in churches around the world, Christians engage in a peculiar practice in which they confront and correct fellow believers on a range of issues, which are often lumped into a general categ...
So, is Benedict XVI lying about motives for his retirement? 22 Aug 2013 | 11:54 pm
So let’s say that The Telegraph prints a story from its Rome bureau about the interesting new statements by Pope Benedict XVI about events surrounding his historic decision to retire. The top of the s...
