So, when push came to shove, what did the Southern Baptist Convention decide to do about the Boy Scouts of America?
Holy Scouts! Southern Baptists didn't do what we expected!
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Fundamental misunderstandings of 'fundamentalism'
When it comes to religious terms, you would be hard pressed to find a word more misapplied by the media than “fundamentalist.”
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Spotting the sacred ghost in the era of iWeddings
First of all, let me stress that I know that there are plenty of weddings that are completely secular or, well, they should have been completely secular. You know what I mean?
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Why did a conservative Catholic Raven skip White House visit? (updated)
Let’s say that there is a Republican president in office right now, one with ties to a somewhat doctrinaire form of Christianity.
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Evangelicalism is political, but not a political movement
How many political issues do American evangelicals care about? Apparently, just two: abortion and same-sex marriage. At least that is the impression you’d get if you read about evangelicals in the mainstream press.
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German cardinal found guilty of being pro-natalist
One of the most common fallacies of our age is the assumption that simply because we prefer a certain set of social policies they must therefore be compatible.
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A quiverfull of kudos for the BBC
As an Evangelical in the media, Iâm sympathetic to the struggle journalists have with reporting on our peculiar tradition. When simply defining what the term “Evangelical” means poses a challenge, it can be difficult to know how to report on shared beliefs within Evangelicalism, much less the on the more controversial sub-movements within the tradition.
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Catho-style
Let me draw your attention to this fascinating article in the Parisian weekly news magazine Le Nouvel Observateur about the new generation of Catholics arising in France.
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Victoria's Secret is way sexier than faith details
At first glance, the current mini-wave of news coverage of former underwear model Kylie Bisutti is nothing more than a chance — in this search-engine-driven world in which we live — to slide the mouse-click friendly terms “God” and “Victoria’s Secret” into the same headline.
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