Oh Manny, you came and you gave but you were taking …
Manny: Steroids part of God's plan
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Lazy Pat Robertson disease lives on
Right up front, let me note that voodoo simply has to be one of the most confusing, complex and loaded subjects in the wide, wide, wide world of religion news.
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Journalism vs. stenography?
Granted, the piece I am about to critique is more stenography than journalism. Read: a reporter goes to a staged news event, soaks up one side’s point of view and spits it out on newsprint as the gospel truth.
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A tin ear for religion
Last month, I highlighted media coverage of campaigns to get worshipers to confession. I needled the Miami Archdiocese a bit for using Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C Major to accompany their television advertisement. Johann Sebastian Bach is my favorite Lutheran composer, in a very crowded field. I was surprised that a couple of commenters didn’t know he was Lutheran, on account of how well regarded he is as a musician, composer and theologian.
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Religiously scientific, or not?
The Templeton Foundation gave its annual million-Euro prize this week, and The Guardian‘s science correspondent Ian Sample focused on the religion and science combo more than anything else, even though its recipient says “I’ve got no religious beliefs at all.”
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Following the money in Afghanistan
As I get all curmudgeonly in my old age, one of my pet peeves is the media’s schizophrenic treatment of certain news. The hot story of one day is completely forgotten the next. Or the insane, around-the-clock coverage of Terry Jones’ threat to burn a Koran is dropped for some reason, then briefly re-engaged for a blamefest before getting dropped again. What gets left out is any thorough discussion of the heady mix that led to the murderous rampage in Afghanistan.
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On faith? Future king, queen and 'sin'
Every morning, there’s a newspaper or two that lands in my front yard and another one on the front steps of my office on Capitol Hill. At the same time, I receive “push” emails pointing me toward the top stories in a few other newspapers. This is all normal, of course, in this day and age. And then there’s the iPad barrage.
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Muslim Night at the ballpark?
Back in 2003, a friend of mine named Brent High made national headlines when he started organizing “Faith Nights” — Christian faith nights, that is — at minor-league baseball games in Nashville, Tenn.
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Tables turned: Our Sarah on 'ghosts'
When it comes to the day jobs held by your GetReligionistas, Sarah Pulliam Bailey is the team member who is probably in the most interesting, or even delicate, position.
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