Back in the early 1990s, I wrote a column about the “Scopes II” conflict in east Tennessee between public educators and conservative Christians.
Generic fundamentalists attack church-state wall!
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Ghost in a scarf
Are any of the media reports on the Middle East visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi going to tell us why America’s highest-ranking woman political leader is wearing a scarf and a black abaya robe? The scarf and abaya are of course mandatory in some Muslim countries, and Pelosi was photographed wearing the abaya while entering the Ommayad Mosque during her tour of downtown Damascus on Tuesday.
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Religion pages RIP (more input)
We have had quite a bit of discussion lately on this blog about the decline of traditional “religion pages” in mainstream American newspapers. To follow some of the treads, click here, then here (for Martin Marty quotes) and finally here (for the views of a different Pulliam).
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Mitt's Mormon base
The Washington Post‘s Alec MacGillis wants you to know that Mormons support the Mitt Romney for President campaign. Mormons support him so much that they give him money — lots of money — and that may turn some non-Mormons off to Romney.
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The importance of three days
I was thinking I might note how we’ve seen relatively few examples of that mainstream media Holy Week tradition of showcasing stories designed to question the work of Christ. But it’s only Thursday.
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Thoroughly modern United Methodists
This is the time of year when religion-beat specialists scramble to try to cover a liturgical parade of events in both Judaism and in all forms of Christianity. In the past few decades, one of the standard stories around this time of year has focused on the historical links between Passover and Holy Week, between the Passover meal and Holy Communion.
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The New York Times explains Easter -- not
Religion is a hard subject to pin down, so we shouldn’t be surprised to find a feature titled “On Easter, Symbolism and the Exuberance of Spring” in the Dining & Wine section of The New York Times.
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D.A. gives Dobson the Perry Mason stare
At GetReligion we’ve chuckled readily when reporters have trouble remembering that “the Rev.” should not precede the name of Focus on the Family’s James Dobson. Newsweek and The Washington Post have struggled with this, bless their hearts.
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Missing the Obama-Jesus story
Did you hear that Barack Obama looks a lot like Jesus in a sculpture at the The Art Institute of Chicago? Oh wait, he is supposed to be Jesus in the sculpture. Quick, someone inform Slate’s Timothy Noah, who has been dutifully chronicling the “Obama Messiah Watch.”
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