Just what we needed, another mainstream media controversy about who is a Christian and who is not. This is getting ugly.
Why are some reverends not reverends?
Warning: The following post is picky beyond belief and focuses on an issue in Associated Press style.
Reporting on South Carolina Episcopal wars
Define "religious campus," please
If I have learned anything in my two decades as a professor in Christian higher education, it is this. There is no one approach to “Christian” higher education.
Lost Tanakh in Zuccotti Park
Now that we’ve hit two months of Occupy Wall Street protests, let’s look at a few recent stories with religion angles.
That Apostolic Old Catholic Church of whatever
As far as I can tell, just by reading the story that ran in the newspaper that lands in my front yard, the nonprofit Emmaus Center that works with the homeless in nearby Glen Burnie is a small, but vigorous ministry that does wonderful work.
Reporter Learns About Christian Mercy
The new head of my church body instituted a new emphasis for us around the concepts of “Witness, Mercy and Life Together.” As part of this approach, my congregation just went through a Bible Class at church learning about how the church lives and works together to proclaim the Gospel and to provide for our brothers and sisters in our congregations, communities and throughout the world.
The particulars of personhood
I kept meaning to read up on Mississippi’s “personhood” initiative before voters voted on it. We’d had readers mention some problems with the coverage, namely that stories were burying the fact that pro-life groups were divided on whether to vote for it. Now, maybe you’ve followed the “personhood” debate. Maybe you haven’t. But try to read this Associated Press story tabula rasa-style. Imagine you know nothing, or very little, about the debate and see what you can glean from this story.
'Good for one fare' in Times land
The other day, Sarah Pulliam Bailey walked GetReligion readers through an essential piece for all who are interested in the immediate future of The New York Times. I am referring to the New Yorker profile of Jill Abramson, the new editor of the great Gray Lady.
