The pope has returned to the Vatican. The AP story begins,
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Ghost in the story of Ms. Fonda
First, let me say that I really enjoyed your Critic’s Notebook piece the other day titled “Where’s Jane Fonda? On Yet Another Journey.”
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Dude, look into the Dude(s)
OK, it’s official for me now: Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times is essential reading for keeping up with the intersection of religion and pop culture. (Her blog, The Dude Abides, provides a helpful archive back to December 2003.)
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The pleasures of the Godbeat
Two posts on Salon today prove that the alt-daily website can cover religion just as well, although not nearly as often, as it covers the sacrament of sex.
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Full court New York Press
One hopes this will be the last GetReligion post on the controversy over the New York Press‘ anti-pope cover story. I’m afraid if I spend any more time on the intricacies of this, I will start to theorize about grassy knolls and second gunmen.
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Perhaps the medium really is the message
I teach a seminar titled “Exegete the Culture” at Palm Beach Atlantic University that studies the religious content of secular media as well as how the surrounding media culture affects the church.
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Question authority (absolutely)
A developing story in mainline Protestantism reminds me of the oft-repeated joke about what you get if you cross a Unitarian with a Jehovah’s Witness: Somebody who knocks at your door for no apparent reason.
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A ghost in Jessica Simpson's tummy aches
Let me assure readers that I am not writing the following post in another attempt to lure search-engine hits by linking the words “Jessica Simpson” and “GetReligion.” Honest. That’s the naked truth. I just had to get that off my chest and make a clean breast of things.
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Right hooks, left crosses
GetReligion doesn’t normally take notice of obscure right wing fisticuffs, but I’m going to make an exception because I was one of the dogs in the fight, and because the fight ended up in The Boston Globe.
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