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“Can a bad person be a good theologian,” asked Mark Oppenheimer in the lede of an October column on the scandals surrounding John Howard Yoder. Should private failings overshadow public achievement?
What happened to saying âMerry Christmasâ? Is the move to saying âHappy Holidaysâ instead a good thing?
It may be the religion-beat question of the year. So all together now: Why is Pope Francis so popular with mainstream journalists?
In the “now I’ve seen everything” category, let’s welcome self-described atheist film critic Kyle Smith of the New York Post, now excoriated for defending the Roman Catholic Church, specifically its Irish branch, against “Philomena,” an apparently smarmy new film that applies 21st century scruples to 1952 Ireland.
There’s so much bad reporting about religion and religion-related stories these days — the continual surprise evidenced by The New York Times that the leaders of Roman Catholic institutions may choose to act, well, in a Catholic manner, for example — that it’s not a bad thing, I believe to highlight instances where a given reporter (and publication) get it right.
A giant banner outside the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg â which I visited during a 2009 reporting trip to South Africa â uses those terms to describe Nelson Mandela, although many more certainly could be applied.
The essence of life, its meanings, symbols and motives, can be found in television; reporting on the condition of man is reducible to vignettes from Seinfeld and Yes Minister.
