It’s tempting to view Mike Huckabee as a right-wing culture warrior.
Have yourself a Wiccan little holiday
A Christmas controversy has been brewing between the Green Bay City Council and an atheist-rights foundation that objects to holiday displays at city hall.
Round one (so far) goes to Narnia
Oh my. Here is a quick, and really mean, little update on the state of The Golden Compass at the box office.
Bookmark (do not memorize) this link
As I have noted in the past, there are newspapers out there that make it very easy to find their religion news reports — no matter what section — and there are those that just don’t get it.
Compass pointed toward good Catholics
It’s kind of hard to kick a major movie when it’s down, but I still find the whole story of The Golden Compass quite fascinating.
Back to church life at New Life
Covering the first Sunday service after a man opened fire in a church would be no easy task. Rocky Mountain News religion writer Jean Torkelson captured a widely expressed sentiment by asking, “What would you expect from your congregation the following week?”
Lex orandi, lex credendi
U.S. News & World Report‘s Jay Tolson has an interesting piece that looks at a return to traditionalism amongst Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, Jews and Muslims. Because the article attempts to cover so much important ground, it ends up being necessarily shallow. I think journalists and editors think they are being more respectful of major religions by including so many in stories such as this one, but they end up doing every religion a disservice through superficial treatment.
Mighty mighty Methodists
Time‘s Jay Newton-Small reports on presidential aspirant Fred Thompson’s work in Iowa. Though he’s trailing behind Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, Thompson is gaining some traction by offering himself up as the true conservative in the race:
Simon's simple Mormon Q&A
As the Divine Ms. M.Z. noted the other day (and Mark did, as well), many mainstream reporters who are covering the controversies about Mormonism seem to accept, as fact, that disagreements between traditional Christians and Mormon Christians are rooted in misunderstandings or bigotry.
