Now that we’ve hit two months of Occupy Wall Street protests, let’s look at a few recent stories with religion angles.
Lost Tanakh in Zuccotti Park
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That Apostolic Old Catholic Church of whatever
As far as I can tell, just by reading the story that ran in the newspaper that lands in my front yard, the nonprofit Emmaus Center that works with the homeless in nearby Glen Burnie is a small, but vigorous ministry that does wonderful work.
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Altar girl debate minus the debate
The Washington Post has a religion story that many readers have submitted for comment. The headline could not be more promising:
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Teaching 'good sex' in the classroom
It’s nice to see Rod Dreher blogging away again this fall, especially since he kind of wrote a GetReligion post for us. In a recent post, he argued that the New York Times Magazine is obsessed with sex and sexuality, especially from a progressive/liberation angle. As he points out, here are a few of the sex-related stories theyâve done this year (with links to some GetReligion responses).
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NYTs shows admirable restraint, this time
As strange as it sounds, I think it’s time to offer praise to the editors at The New York Times for showing admirable restraint in their early coverage of Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez of Idaho Falls.
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Pod people: Religious liberty, inflammatory quote
On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I talked about media coverage of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting.
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What's derailing embryonic stem cell therapy?
Some of the topics we cover that generate the most interest are the ones that mix religion, politics and culture. You know, abortion, stem cell research, gay rights, religious liberty. These also tend to be the topics that trouble some journalists the most.
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Crystal Cathedral as church vs. building
The future of the Crystal Cathedral’s glass building has been in limbo in recent months, but the board of directors said today that it prefers the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County as its buyer.
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The first (insert flock here) church in America
I am, to be blunt, a church-history fan and that affected both my undergraduate and graduate educations as I prepared to seek work on the Godbeat. To get personal about it, this is also the sort of interest that can inspire a Baptist to swim the Bosporus.
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