The way things are going, I think that I will soon run out of acceptable file art for beheadings.
Just another old-fashioned, fundamentalist way to die? Part III
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Just another old-fashioned, fundamentalist way to die? Part II
As I write, the world continues to await news of the fate of Lebanese-born Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun. The story is getting more confusing by the moment, with Reuters just reporting:
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"The only thing I hate is hatred"
At The New York Times, the simple act of publishing a book review can lead to a news story. As noted on GetReligion in early June, Andrew Sullivan praised Tony Hendra’s confessional book Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul in a cover article for The New York Times Book Review. (Hendra is on the left in the photo from This is Spinal Tap.)
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Finding (first person) ghosts in a stack of newspapers at Heathrow
Sitting on my office desktop is a stack of British newspaper stories full of ghosts. Some easy to see and some a bit dodgy.
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Back in the door: GetReligion cut off in Korea?
Just back in the door from Turkey and Greece and I am way, way jet-lagged. But there is always all of that back email to triage.
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The heavy spin cycle
Thursday’s religion news provided a few troubling examples of church leaders who have a less than firm grasp of reality.
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Fundies Don't Read! (Creeping Fundamentalism VIII)
An essay by the Rev. Dr. Giles Fraser in Monday’s Guardian begins on a promising enough note: he criticizes BBC2 host Nick Page for describing Prime Minister Tony Blair as a Christian fundamentalist.
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The church doctor is in
Richard Dujardin of the Province Journal reported Sunday (free registration required) about a Lutheran pastor trained by a rabbi who is helping address conflicts between an Episcopal bishop and her priests.
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A disgruntled cathedral dean! Charges of racism! Rumors of HIV?
John Rather of The New York Times has written an intriguing roundup about the protracted conflict between Bishop Orris G. “Jay” Walker of the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island and some of his clergy. (I apologize that the story is now available only in the Times’ electronic archives.)
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