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Powerful portrait of persecuted Pakistani
That’s my first and prevailing statement concerning a Houston Chronicle profile this week of a Pakistani woman who suffered extreme persecution because of her Christian faith.
Brangelina! Obama! God! Exclamation points!
I know, I know. I know that it’s absolutely crazy to look for hard, factual material in stories about celebrities — especially when it has anything to do with politics and religion. And in this case, we are talking about the brightest of all possible gossip stars.
Reporters discover black women like religion
It’s refreshing to read a story about the religious beliefs not necessarily tied to politics or fights or money or scandal. Most Americans really do just believe in some kind of faith, and it’s nice to see media outlets covering demographic beliefs.
Hey Time: Does Justice Kennedy's faith matter?
After years and years of being a Time magazine subscriber, I chunked the last, last, last renewal notice into my office trash can this week.
Guess what: Mitt Romney is still Mormon
Let’s be honest: Mitt Romney isn’t exactly giving reporters many religion angles for reporters to pitch. He doesn’t talk about his faith much, so you won’t necessarily see how it explicitly plays out his policies. What’s a reporter to do? Write about his Mormonism, all the time, it seems.
Where's the 'why' in Memphis story?
Regular GetReligion reader MJBubba sent along a link to a Memphis Commercial Appeal story on the one-year anniversary of a police officer’s slaying.
Pod people: Why can't folks get Obama's faith?
For the life of me, I cannot understand why so many Americans struggle to understand that President Barack Obama is a perfectly ordinary liberal Protestant Christian.
Religion ghost? RIP Andy Griffith
More than a decade ago, while serving as religion editor for The Oklahoman, I visited Andy Griffith’s television hometown and wrote a column about it:
