Southern Baptists are meeting in convention in Indianapolis this week. You may have read about it, which is a good thing.
Obama a doomed apostate? (true or false)
Sleepy local religion news
Could The Topeka Capital-Journal do better than the following story on how local families balance church and sports? Check out the introduction:
The Church of St. Evangelical
Pause with me, for a moment, and consider the cutline on a photo that ran with the following New York Times story, written by reporter Michael Luo. Please remember that reporters hardly even write headline and cutlines.
More Catholic details, please
Some stories don’t get religion because they lack necessary details. Of course, few stories can get at the whole truth. But too many stories about religion are bland and unedifying.
From our "no comment" department
The following is not taken from a news story. It’s part of a column from (wait for it) the San Francisco Chronicle. And, yes, we have crossed paths with this man’s work before.
Catering to one side
I took a couple of weeks off from writing about the mainstream media’s overt advocacy for same-sex marriage in California. I was hoping that we’d see a bit more balance in the coverage. Alas, no. I don’t think journalists are even trying. Take, for instance, this Washington Post story from Ashley Surdin. Here’s her angle:
Hot, hot, 25-year-old Baptist trend
Roughly a quarter century ago, people — academic people — started paying serious attention to what were called “superchurches” or “megachurches.” The goal was to learn more about why some churches grew and others did not.
Nope, no religion here
It’s pathetic how American policymakers fail to recognize the significance of religion in the battle against terrorism. What is more pathetic, and likely a cause of policymaker’s failure to recognize religion as essential to understanding terrorism, is that journalists don’t really get religion in covering terrorism. If the newspapers and newscasts policymakers read and watch do not cover religion as an essential component of the story, it is not likely that the elected officials will understand its importance.
