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How great thou art

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When I first read Eric Gorski’s piece on evangelicals and art last week, I thought it was another home run for one of my favorite religion reporters. But I’m always praising Gorski — and Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times, among others — and I thought it might be best to let the piece pass. But so many GetReligion readers — from a wide religious spectrum — have commented favorably on the article that I want to make sure we highlight it.


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And don't wear white after Labor Day

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The intersection of religion and dress is most fascinating to me. I grew up with a mother who was far and away the most fashionable pastor’s wife I knew. And then I also had acquaintances and neighbors involved in the Christian modesty movement, which required women to wear large pieces of fabric that covered them extensively.


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Harry Potter and the Tired Story Hooks

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As for me and my blogmates, we will be avoiding the media hurricane of spoilers and debates surrounding all of those Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows scans, leaks, early mailings and embargo-busters. But I will scream “Boooooooooooo!” at the Baltimore Sun for publishing the last line of its early review. No, I will not provide a link.


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No labels: Power and the Furay

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Long ago, before I started writing about religion news, my dream was to be a journalist who covered all forms of music — rock, jazz, classical, folk, you name it. If you have hung around GetReligion for a while, you may know that already.


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Their bodies, ourselves

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We’ve looked at a few mainstream media articles covering the Body Worlds exhibit that has been traveling around the country. In March of last year, Eric Gorski had a great feature in The Denver Post. In January of this year, Jeffrey Weiss ran an insightful Q&A with the exhibit’s creator in The Dallas Morning News .


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God in Hollywood's rear-view mirror

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For some solid reading on what is bound to be a couple of slow days after the 4th of July celebration, head over to this fun Los Angeles Times piece on how God has been portrayed on the big screen. Reporter Paul Cullum covers the historical spectrum of the various times God has been played or portrayed by Hollywood.


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