For any successful popular culture venture, you can probably find a Christian version. GodTube anyone? Firm Believer exercise tapes?
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Who, what, when, where, why and Harry
First things first: I want to stress that I feel nothing but sincere pity for the world weary and stressed news editors who recently had to sit around conference tables and, perhaps in the presence of oracles who read focus-group tea leaves, discuss one of the big questions of this news cycle.
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The Times grinds Its ax
We don’t typically spend too much time looking at mainstream movie or book reviews, but I thought the cover of the New York Times Sunday Book Review was worth looking at. For one, it’s written by Bill Keller, executive editor of The Times. For another, the Review has this curious note from “the editors”:
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Anti-Christian Christian movements?
The Economist, which I don’t often look to for its religion reporting, has an article this week that is rich on scene-setting descriptions and bland on substantive reporting.
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Hanging ten with the Virgin Mary
Here’s a fun one. A few days before Easter, the Surfing Madonna mysteriously appeared in a seaside city north of San Diego. The mural attracted a lot of attention, and, when it was ordered removed, the Los Angeles Times wrote this story:
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Gay rights, religious liberty and silence
On Friday night, the New York legislature voted to give same-sex couples the right to marry. This will certainly produce interesting journalism in the days to come, but let’s look at some of the stories that had religion angles.
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S,BNR in a credit-card sweat lodge
Trust me when I say this: Your GetReligionistas know that there is no way that we can see even a quarter of the mainstream news coverage that we need to see. That’s why it is so, so important that readers help us and, through emails or comments, point us toward additional information, URLS and stories that we need to know about.
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Define 'New Age;' give three examples
I freely confess that I am, as a rule, not a big Wikipedia fan. However, I must reluctantly tip my hat to the brave souls who attempted the all-but-impossible task of writing a brief summary of the history and contents of the “New Age” movement.
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Dear Mohler: Welcome to Weinergate
I’ve heard that a comedian can make a whole career in Hollywood out of wiener jokes. I wonder if the same could be said for the media and Weiner jokes.
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