Folks, I have committed a serious sin that I hate to spot among other reporters. When searching for obvious religion, I overlooked the subtle spots.
London 2012 fetes British ink, film and (gasp!) hymnody
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And now, equal time for Muslim chickens ...
Here’s the gist of a recent Los Angeles Times story: An Islamic butcher shop finds surprising success in a predominantly Latino neighborhood of east L.A.
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Pod people: Treat religion news like crime news?
Did anyone else have a good time watching the Olympic’s opening ceremonies tonight? I learned a lot about how the British, or at least how the ones running the Olympics, see their own history.
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With canonization near, where is media focus?
A few days ago, a thoughtful and committed reader sent in a link to this story with a note that said:
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Walking on coals for no particular spiritual reason
Think of this post, if you will, as a sequel to that “define meditation” piece that I wrote here the other day.
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Define "meditation," give three examples
I realize that, at this point, the word “meditation” has evolved into a term that is used to describe cool things that cool people do instead of doing uncool things that journalists might think of as prayer. Perhaps we need an entry in the Associated Press Stylebook that states this clearly.
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Germany's circumcision ruling makes believers anxious
A few weeks ago I started reading stories about how Germany had banned circumcision. Because of Germany’s historical treatment of Jews, and what that country has gone through to rid itself of its past, the story almost seemed hard to believe. But it was real and there was limited coverage of the move.
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Modern loyalty oaths vs. all those ancient doctrines?
I have reached three basic conclusions after reading the same front-page Washington Post story that Mollie responded to earlier today.
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Kenya massacre: AP policy to bury lede?
Day after day, your GetReligionistas receive emails from readers that say something like this: “Please look at the following. Why do you think that (name of mainstream news organization) chose to (leave out or butcher a crucial fact) when covering this story? Is there something (some kind of politically correct policy) that requires them to do this?”
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