Talk about an amazingly complex and poignant church-state separation case.
Dying in the church-state battlefield
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Imagining racism
A reporter friend sent along the following story that appears on BBC. It begins with such a promising headline: “Fighting the ‘contraceptive mentality’.” Unfortunately, the article approaches the topic narrowly.
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Stonehenge sans religion
In what I think was my first GetReligion post, I mentioned coverage of the solstice get-downs at Stonehenge. Lacking from that AP article was much of a connection between the ancient circle of massive stones and the religious meaning given to it.
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Got news? Democrats' house divided
It’s fair to say that nine-term Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak is not a poster boy for conservatives, even for conservative Democrats. An opponent of the Iraq war, active on environmental issues, watch him being skewered above by radio host Rush Limbaugh for his criticism of advertising by the pharmaceutical industry.
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Clericalism? If the shoe fits ...
Anyone out there in GetReligion reader land who wants to read a truly depressing A1 feature story? That’s what the Baltimore Sun gave us the other day and, truth be told, I have a sense that there is much more to this story than made it into the newspaper — but I don’t think there is much that reporter Nick Madigan could have done about that (with one or two exceptions).
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American idolatry
This past June, I commented on the popular use of the word “icon” to describe Michael Jackson. In a way, the story below is a fitting follow-up to the summer stories of the deaths of other icons, such as Farrah Fawcett and Ted Kennedy. (Don’t forget this Wall Street Journal piece that made fun of how low the “icon” bar had been set.)
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Morality in exile
When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts chartered Tufts College in 1852, the original act of incorporation said the college should promote “virtue and piety and learning in such of the languages and liberal and useful arts as shall be recommended.” The college began when Boston businessman helped the Universalist Church open a college there by donating 20 acres of land to it. Hosea Ballou, a Universalist clergyman was the college’s first president.
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Hey, is revenge a sin?
For die-hard NFL fans, the whole Bret Favre story has been kind of like a car crash in slow motion during an exciting race. It’s very hard to look away and, besides, this particular car may land wheels down and make it to the finish line ahead of, uh, the Pack.
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Poll-eez!
Don’t we Americans love studies, surveys and polls? Some are particularly vulnerable to reports that claim to bring statistical precision to messy topics like religion and spirituality.
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