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May 31, 2013
Pod people: Presby-speak again
The meaningless drivel that passes for public language these days was the major theme of my...
May 31, 2013
Why can’t press get religion, when covering black churches?
Let's face it. The mainstream press really struggles when trying to cover life in African-American...
May 31, 2013
Ohio State vs. Notre Dame’s ‘damn Catholics’
Earlier this week, I saw someone tweet something about how the Republican Party "should never...
May 30, 2013
The big questions facing that out gay Catholic priest
It is my experience, through my decades on the religion beat, that liberal Catholics genuinely...
May 30, 2013
German cardinal found guilty of being pro-natalist
One of the most common fallacies of our age is the assumption that simply because...
May 30, 2013
Media coverage of religious profiling
So tmatt has us all doing this experiment of reading a daily paper. I haven't...
May 29, 2013
God and faith in Oklahoma tornado coverage
In my first-person account of the Moore, Okla., tornado last week, I predicted that the faith...
May 29, 2013
Hanging out with Sheryl Crow and her kids — where?
While I have not lived in Nashville (yet), I have spent a lot of time...
May 29, 2013
Media’s curiously wrong-headed posession obsession
Last week I made fun of that Associated Press story that claimed Pope Francis was...
May 28, 2013
Haunted story or not? On vampires, Satanism and murder
Day after day, the stunning story of young Morgan Lane Arnold has unfolded in the...
May 28, 2013
Pope Francis’ affinity for liberation theology — wait, what?
For this post, we're not going to critique past the first sentence of this New...
May 28, 2013
Original sin and anteaters in the Daily News
Excitement is in the air in Gotham City this week following the introduction of a...
May 27, 2013
Gosh! Finding meaning in great Russian literature?
I spent most of last week on the other side of the planet (a Media...
May 27, 2013
Does the president, and the press, get theodicy?
There’s an old joke preachers tell about the man who was depressed and opened the...
May 26, 2013
WPost wants to know: So who built the Second Temple?
Kudos to the Washington Post for moving quickly to correct an error in Wednesday's article...
May 26, 2013
Why was Vatican mentioned in Womenpriest story?
The editor will be announced in an LA Daily News board meeting. The printing press,...
May 25, 2013
Reporting on Islam and lone-wolf terror attacks
Details are continuing to emerge on Wednesday's murder of British soldier Lee Rigby near the...
May 24, 2013
After the Boy Scouts? For a few, camping with doctrine
When considering the forces pulling at the Boy Scouts of America, one thing journalists really...
May 24, 2013
Mormonism is a religion, not just a culture
For people serious about their faith, religious beliefs tend not only to influence other types...
May 24, 2013
Yo, Politico: IRS commits — not violates — sins
Isn't it interesting how unfamiliar some folks are with religious language? A reporter passed on...
May 23, 2013
Yes, Pope Francis said: All are ‘redeemed!’ Is that news?
Let's start with the actual words spoken by Pope Francis, in his much quoted, and...
May 23, 2013
Pope Francis’ ‘obsession’ with the devil
It's kind of charming that all popes have to deal with bad media coverage and...
May 23, 2013
Scotland the confused: Did Presbyterians back gay clergy?
Something happened on Monday at the General Assembly the Church of Scotland -- they appear...
May 22, 2013
Oklahoma tornado doctor: a bundle of vague faith
The Oklahoman, my hometown newspaper and former employer, is rising to the occasion in its coverage...
May 22, 2013
A quiverfull of kudos for the BBC
As an Evangelical in the media, I’m sympathetic to the struggle journalists have with reporting on...
May 21, 2013
The faith and resiliency of Oklahomans
Just before noon Monday, my two younger children and I drove along Interstate 35 through...
May 21, 2013
Catho-style
Let me draw your attention to this fascinating article in the Parisian weekly news magazine...
May 21, 2013
That’s one very, very poor headline about the pope
As I have stressed many times here at GetReligion, it's important for readers to understand...
May 21, 2013
How To Be A Lousy Journalist
Over at Intercollegiate Review, I have a piece with some helpful journalism tips. Here's how...
May 20, 2013
Protip: Immaculate Conception is not the Virgin Birth
Did you hear about the anteater that conceived a baby even though she had no...
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