The 98-year old leader of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has died.
Spies of the Balkans
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God, gang graffiti and gunfire in L.A.
A heartwrenching story appears on the front page of today’s Los Angeles Times (see a television report here) on a worshiper killed outside a church:
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CNN attempts to bifurcate Jesus
I was reflecting on the interesting election coverage we experienced over the last year(s) and how the religion angles were handled. After 2008, perhaps we can agree that religion angles were handled better in this cycle. Which is not saying much.
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And for the Copts, the winner is ... the winner is?
First things first: I would like to stress that, while I am a member of an Orthodox Christian parish with historic ties to Arab Christianity, I do not speak Arabic.
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The Hot Dog theory of history
It is touching to see that in spite of everything that has happened over the course of the Twentieth century, there is still a belief in the Whig theory of history — of the inevitable march of progress. One can see this philosophical framework of man’s “move forward into broad, sunlit uplands” in this story on gender violence from the AP’s New Hampshire reporter.
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Another visit with the usual "ex-gay" suspects
It’s a question that I always know I will hear after a lecture on the American model of the press and its emphasis on balance, fairness and the need to cover both sides of controversial stories — which requires journalists to find solid, articulate representatives of the arguments on both sides.
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Top 10 ways BuzzFeed doesn't get Christianity
Two minor media incidents yesterday made me wonder if some of the problems we see with how religion news is covered relates simply to language differences. The first came about in a panel discussion about whether Hurricane Sandy had any political implications. (By the way, see if you can find any ghosts in this New York Times video “Lights Out In Rockaway” about the rough situation those in Queens continue to face a week after the storm hit. The folks in the video say that FEMA and the Red Cross have been AWOL, but I noticed that some relief workers had shirts indicating they were part of religious relief efforts.)
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Pearls before Net commenters (or a Godbeat gem)
A reader sent along this story in the Washington Post headlined “Parents accept daughter’s rare illness as’âGod’s will’” with a note:
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About GetReligion: In a few words or less
For years, journalists took one of two different approaches when labeling the two sides in America’s legal wars over abortion.
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