It’s easy to guess that the financial crisis sweeping the country will affect the bottom line for many, if not most, religious groups.
Giving when it hurts
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Jonestown: Not the usual theocracy
The coverage of the Jonestown massacre made a strong impression on me, since I was a young journalist who wanted to become a religion-beat reporter.
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Slate: Back to the FOCA question
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Quinn to Obama: Come worship pluralism
Sally Quinn can be a charming and entertaining writer, especially on the topic of throwing a great party. With her Saturday op-ed for The Washington Post, however, Quinn calls more attention to her poorly informed and utilitarian understanding of why a church exists.
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Roman Catholic priest does not give birth
I am so sick of looking at the shoddy coverage of non-Roman Catholic priests who are female. But since it’s our job here to root out shoddy coverage, let’s look at this piece and then pray that the coverage improves. The latest one is from KSDK in St. Louis. The headline is: “St. Louis woman becomes world’s first Catholic priest to give birth.”
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Some majorities are better than others
There are almost too many stories about California’s Proposition 8 to keep up. But let’s look at a few dealing with religious groups.
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Penning the Archbishop
In my last post, I referred to the notion that many denominations or groups feel that press coverage of them is biased — or that they are particularly singled out for unflattering notice.
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Second-hand news on Obama
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Newsweek has spoken; the case is closed
It is no surprise that Newsweek has joined the chorus declaring evangelicals as big losers in this year’s election. What surprises me more is the exaggerated tone of both the headline on Newsweek‘s Web Exclusive by Lisa Miller — “Post-Evangelical America” — and of her first three sentences:
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