There is an old saying among war correspondents who cover life in the Church of England.
Africans call for "repentance" by Episcopalians, whatever that means
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What should JFK's bishop do? Communion story may have legs
(Personal note: Doug and I have been at a GetReligion.org planning meeting and are both in transit back home. We have some improvements we hope to make in the weeks ahead, so please be patient with us!
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Richard Hooker revisited
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has revised Bishop Jon Bruno’s PowerPoint presentation, “The Anglican Communion: A Roomy House,” to reflect the uncertain nature of a remark credited to Richard Hooker (original slide at left).
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Creeping Fundamentalism VII: A rotten Easter egg
During the church season of Easter, some modern minds naturally turn to a quixotic crusade: How to rid religions of all that is supernatural and embarrassing to moderns.
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What would JFK do? Are Catholic bishops the real heretics?
If the New York Times is the Bible of elite journalism, then we can now say that questions about whether Sen. John “Call me JFK” Kerry should be receiving Communion at Catholic altars are officially legit. The New York Times has written about this topic, even if the paper elected not to make this a photo op.
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What hath Mel Gibson wrought?
Hooray for Entertainment Weekly in publishing “Hooray for Holywood” in its April 16 edition. The feature is not yet available online — but even when it is, the content will be available only to EW subscribers or AOL customers.
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Scapegoating Israel
Rabbi Daniel S. Brenner writes in the New Jersey Jewish News about the PCUSA’s vote on divestment from Israel:
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Journalists expect the Passion to mean something big, one way or another
When I was working as a full-time religion-beat reporter, the phrase I most dreaded hearing my editor say was, “I think we’ve got to do a trend story on that.” Well, that and the dreaded, “There’s a call from a furious (insert denominational name here) minister on line one.”
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Maxim asks the question (sort of): Is marriage hot?
We will assume for a moment that GetReligion readers are an educated, modest lot. Thus, the odds are good that you have not heard of Maxim, which is kind of like an Esquire magazine for young males with the attention spans of hummingbirds on cocaine.
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