I make no secret of the fact that I prefer the written word to the spoken word.
Pod people: Anti-Semitism and sex scandals
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Obama's faith-based office criticized
Before we discuss a new story about problems at President Obama’s faith-based office, a bit of context.
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'God and the Devil' in Chile
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The courage of our cartoon convictions
We’ve written before about cartoon controversies at the Washington Post. There was this anti-Pentecostal cartoon from 2008. And then there was his anti-Israeli cartoon depicting a fanged Star of David being pushed by a headless, goosestepping soldier. Subtle.
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Christianity vs. yoga?
I’m always surprised at how many people don’t know the relationship of yoga to Hinduism. The Washington Post/Newsweek “On Faith” had a piece on the topic a few months ago. In “The Theft of Yoga,” Aseem Shukla, an associate professor in urologic surgery at the University of Minnesota medical school and co-founder and board member of Hindu American Foundation, wrote:
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That one word makes a difference
I would like to note that the following post is in no way an endorsement of the decision by a Colorado woman to smash up a piece of alleged modern art.
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Attack of the Evangelicalists!
On September 28, we noticed a Time magazine story with some glaring errors. The caption alone managed to misspell and misuse the word “diaconate.” As of this writing — October 11 — the spelling and other errors haven’t been fixed. Reader joye commented on a thread a few days ago:
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Pod people: On converts to atheism
We have another podcast up and running. This one is a follow-up chat, with me this time around, about the new wave of data from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life — the “U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey.”
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Talking about the A-word
No, not adultery. We’re talking about anti-Semitism and the media’s lack of nuance in reporting on it (or allegations of it).
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