One of the goals of GetReligion is to have a two-way conversation with journalists. We do that in the posts and comments pages, of course, but we also want to try something new.
Working on 5Q+1 (Post No. 2,000)
May I have your attention please. According to the software we use around here, this is the 2,000th post in the nearly three years since Doug LeBlanc and I opened the cyber-doors here at GetReligion.
Yes, MZ has a good reason for silence
Readers want the full text
The Los Angeles Times did us all a favor earlier this week by posting the text of a sermon given in 2004 that has All Saints Episcopal Church under an Internal Revenue Service investigation. In the age of the Internet, all reporters need to follow this practice because there is really no reason not to.
Many truths, many paths, many gods?
For years now, I have been saying that the two most controversial subjects in American religion are sex and salvation.
Discuss: Are discussions like ours possible?
The editors of GetReligion have commented frequently on Jon Meacham’s work, in part because he has shown such a frequent and keen interest in religion coverage. To his credit, Meacham has kept that interest keen since becoming the editor of Newsweek. Indeed, last week offered a fine competition between Newsweek and Time for best religion-based cover story (about which more in a subsequent post).
So you want to be a "Catholic" priest?
Our own M.Z. Hemingway has had a lot of fun lately writing about the issue of who is and who is not a Roman Catholic priest. It’s pretty easy to become a “priest” if you really want to be one and you can write checks that do not bounce.
Cheers! Left hits GetReligion tipping point
I don’t know about you, but after carrying a very heavy cyberload all weekend, I could use a bit of lightening up.
A note to religion reporters
Can anyone guess what the top two books at Amazon were Tuesday afternoon? If you guessed that the books had anything to do with religion, you would be correct.
