Pod people: Are all political liberals also on moral left?

July 22, 2014 by

Every now and then, Issues, Etc., host Todd Wilken take and I off in one direction when doing a “Crossroads” podcast and then — boom — we will suddenly veer off in what at first seems like a totally different direction. Radio is like that, you know. That is certainly what happened this time around, [Read More...]

Filed Under: Baptists, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Journalism, Judaism, Lutherans, Mainline, Mormons, Orthodoxy, Pentecostalism, Podcasts, Politics, Religion, religious liberty, Same-sex marriage

Pod people: Sometimes editors really need to do the math

June 26, 2014 by

I have never been much of a math guy, but sometimes you have to see the numbers written on the walls. For example, what essential thread runs through the following religion-beat stories? I am not arguing that this math hook is the only factor at play in these stories, but that this X-factor is a [Read More...]

Filed Under: Anglicanism, Baptists, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Godbeat, Judaism, Lutherans, Mainline, Marriage & family, Mormons, Orthodoxy, Podcasts, Sex Tagged With: , ,

Mormon reformin’: Putting the antics in semantics

June 25, 2014 by

Welcome to the Latter-day Saints Trivia Game! Here is today’s question: When did the Mormon Church ordain women? Tick … Tick … Tick … Tick … Ding! Sorry, time’s up. But it’s a trick question anyway. The Mormon Church has never ordained women. Dumb question, you say? Then you may know Mormon history better than [Read More...]

Filed Under: Ethics, Journalism, Mormons, Religion, Social Issues, Uncategorized Tagged With: , , , ,

The Atlantic: Apparently, ‘evangelical’ now equals ‘cult’

June 20, 2014 by

Veteran GetReligion readers will know that, every year or two, there is some kind of mainstream media meltdown linked to (a) leaders of a mainstream religious group using the word “cult” to describe another religion or (b) some radical new religious movement behaving in a truly frightening manner that leads to it being labeled a [Read More...]

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NYTimes notices old doctrine wars over InterVarsity chapters

June 11, 2014 by

The debate started out behind closed doors but quickly jumped into the mainstream press. The news hook was that a lesbian student at Tufts University claimed that, under the campus nondiscrimination policy, she had been unfairly denied access to a leadership role in the Tufts Christian Fellowship, which was affiliated with InterVarsity. The campus chapter [Read More...]

Filed Under: Academia, Catholicism, Education, gays, Islam, Judaism, Mainline, Mormons, Orthodoxy, People, Politics, Religion, religious liberty, Same-sex marriage, Sex, Worship Tagged With: , ,

Short 30 for 30 slam dunk that gets the faith angle just right

May 25, 2014 by

You have to be a pretty intense hoops fan to remember many of the details of the career of Shawn Bradley. Other than, of course, you know what. Take a look at the YouTube at the top of this post some of the details will come back to you. Or even click here for a [Read More...]

Filed Under: Film, Mormons, People, Radio & TV, Religion, Sports, Worship Tagged With: , , ,

Salt Lake Tribune loses its Faith, but not its @religiongal

April 11, 2014 by

Via Twitter, this sad news — but not as sad as it could have been — came Thursday: After more than 20 years and awards, Salt Lake Tribune cuts its weekly Faith section. Still have a job but so sad. http://t.co/71UjhGGYzp — Peggy Fletcher Stack (@religiongal) April 10, 2014 From the Tribune’s story: The Salt [Read More...]

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And for a change, a ‘Noah’ movie story that sails smoothly

April 3, 2014 by

Last week, I criticized USA Today’s fast-food cheeseburger of a story on the religious controversy over the new “Noah” movie. Today, I want to praise the filet-mignon level of coverage served up by CNN’s Belief Blog and Godbeat pro Daniel Burke. Before I do so, I must confess that I have not seen the movie and [Read More...]

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