There is an old, old saying among God-beat professionals.
The Greatest Divide? Don't ask moral questions in pews
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Taking a photo tour of Greece, or at least parts of it
I ask this because I want to post something that will take a minute or two of your time. A few clicks of the mouse even.
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Mapping America's souls
The red-and-blue maps of how each county voted in the 2000 presidential election have acquired an iconic power that may last for decades. You’ll see frequent references on GetReligion to red or blue states (or counties). Kedron Bardwell, who left an irenic comment on our recent Democrats & the God thing thread, makes good use of such a map on his blog, Flyover Nation.
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Behind the Christian comedy story -- two views of culture
As Doug just noted, this whole “Christian comedy” story is really, down at the roots, about the wider issue of Christian and conservative subcultures.
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The tears of a clown
Standup comedian Brad Stine faces the same dilemmas as many other evangelicals in the performing arts. In the Aug. 9 & 16 issue of The New Yorker, Adam Green describes Stine’s surrendering his ambitions to God:
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Praise the Lord and pass the reptile
Laura Miller of Salon tries mightily, in her ingenious twin review of The Twilight of Atheism by Alister McGrath and The End of Faith by Sam Harris, to adopt the enlightened tone of one who sees past two extremes.
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"Kill the Nazis" and other loud opinions (Spot an albatross)
We’ve had a lively little comments thread going on the past few days inspired by the “Kill the Nazis” post about the protesters and counter-protesters during the Democratic National Convention. That was the one about the pro-peace crowd that tried to kick some sense into a loud anti-abortion activist who had a bad — or good — sense of timing, depending on one’s point of view.
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(Not) preaching to the New York Times choir
As you might expect, I have been getting quite a bit of email about the recent column by Daniel Okrent titled “Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper?”
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Democrats & the God thing
Michael Paulson of The Boston Globe has been all over the God-and-politics beat during the Democrats’ convention, and in his story “Party refuses to cede the religious vote” he reaches a sublime point of irony.
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