Sometimes one or two words can make a lot of difference when you are dealing with complex issues of law and doctrine.
What did the bishops actually say?
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Of interest to God-beat pros
When I started thinking about a career on the religion-beat, the first professional that I met was another Baylor University graduate who was on the rise at the Houston Chronicle.
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"Evangelical" -- Here we go again
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Letting Billy Graham remain ... Billy
Billy Graham turned 90 at the end of this past week, a landmark event that received very little press, all things considered. There were other things going on in the nation, of course.
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Second-hand news on Obama
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Define "evangelical" (or lose your mind)
As any regular reader knows, your GetReligionistas are rather picky when it comes to how journalists use the imperfect words that describe various religious groups in American and around the world. There’s that “fundamentalist” clause in the Associated Press Stylebook, for starters. We are not postmodern journalists. Maybe it’s the religious history major in me.
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"Pew gap" resources (major update)
Over at Beliefnet.com, our friend Steve Waldman has been — it seems — up all night. Here is his very insightful look at the “Pew gap” factors, which offers an early analysis of the shape of the new religious left-secular left coalition that was formed last night.
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Sue me, I'm not in Nirvana today
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"Pew gap" trilogy at The Politico
As we head into the election-day coverage, let’s all flash back to the story line of the 2000 and 2004 elections that was supposed to fade, seriously, in this election. I refer, of course, to The Pew Gap.
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