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	<description>&#34;The press . . . just doesn&#039;t get religion.&#34; - William Schneider</description>
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		<title>Reporting on Islam and lone-wolf terror attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/reporting-on-islam-and-lone-wolf-terror-attacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geoconger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details are continuing to emerge on Wednesday&#8217;s murder of British soldier Lee Rigby near the Woolwich barracks in London &#8212; a crime described by Prime Minister David Cameron as a terrorist attack. The killing was carried out by two British nationals of Nigerian origin who converted to Islam from Christianity within the past few years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the Boy Scouts? For a few, camping with doctrine</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/after-the-boy-scouts-camping-with-doctrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TMatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baptists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering the forces pulling at the Boy Scouts of America, one thing journalists really needed to consider was a simple statistical chart that can be found (.pdf) on the organization&#8217;s homepage. Here are the crucial numbers found at the top of this file: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints &#8212; 37,856. United Methodist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mormonism is a religion, not just a culture</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/mormonism-is-a-religion-not-just-a-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/mormonism-is-a-religion-not-just-a-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/?p=105608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For people serious about their faith, religious beliefs tend not only to influence other types of beliefs but they tend to be presuppositional. Believers adopt particular cultural and political beliefs because of their religious views. For example, an evangelical who believes that abortion is wrong tends to adopt cultural and political views that flow from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yo, Politico: IRS commits &#8212; not violates &#8212; sins</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/yo-politico-irs-commits-not-violates-sins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mollie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS' 10 deadly sins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Cantwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Baucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it interesting how unfamiliar some folks are with religious language? A reporter passed on this example and it&#8217;s telling. It comes from a Politico story about why no one at IRS will ever be held accountable for targeting people for their political beliefs (turns out such targeting is a no-no in our country &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Pope Francis said: All are &#8216;redeemed!&#8217; Is that news?</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/yes-the-pope-said-all-are-redeemed-is-that-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/yes-the-pope-said-all-are-redeemed-is-that-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TMatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s start with the actual words spoken by Pope Francis, in his much quoted, and often warped, sermon on Mark 9:38-40 and the work of Jesus Christ in redeeming all of creation, including the people in it. The Lord created us in His image and likeness, and we are the image of the Lord, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Francis&#8217; &#8216;obsession&#8217; with the devil</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/pope-francis-obsession-with-the-devil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/pope-francis-obsession-with-the-devil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mollie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s kind of charming that all popes have to deal with bad media coverage and global press frenzies. This week we&#8217;ve seen some awful media coverage of Pope Francis, including coverage of his blessing of a man after Mass on Sunday. Part of the blame must go to the Italian press, which really went crazy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland the confused: Did Presbyterians back gay clergy?</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/scotland-the-confused-did-the-presbyterians-endorse-gay-clergy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/scotland-the-confused-did-the-presbyterians-endorse-gay-clergy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geoconger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something happened on Monday at the General Assembly the Church of Scotland &#8212; they appear to have become Anglicans. No &#8212; they didn&#8217;t change from a Presbyterian to Episcopal form of church government. They did something more Anglican than combining bishops with Calvinism.  They&#8217;ve accepted the sacred &#8220;yes/but&#8221;  Anglican doctrine of deliberate confusion,  and have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma tornado doctor: a bundle of vague faith</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-doctor-a-bundle-of-vague-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/oklahoma-tornado-doctor-a-bundle-of-vague-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Ross Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoman, my hometown newspaper and former employer, is rising to the occasion in its coverage of this week&#8217;s Moore, Okla.,tornado. That&#8217;s no surprise for a newspaper that has gained way too much experience covering major tragedies — including the Oklahoma City bombing and the May 3, 1999, tornadoes. Nonetheless, I&#8217;m going to provide a little constructive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A quiverfull of kudos for the BBC</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/a-quiverfull-of-kudos-for-the-bbc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/a-quiverfull-of-kudos-for-the-bbc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Carter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evangelicals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/?p=105510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As an Evangelical in the media, I’m sympathetic to the struggle journalists have with reporting on our peculiar tradition. When simply defining what the term &#8220;Evangelical&#8221; means poses a challenge, it can be difficult to know how to report on shared beliefs within Evangelicalism, much less the on the more controversial sub-movements within the tradition. The BBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I&#8217;m an atheist, Wolf&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/im-an-atheist-wolf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/05/im-an-atheist-wolf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mollie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheists & Agnostics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oklahoma tornadoes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh what a perfect clip for GetReligion. You have to watch it to get the full gist but CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is, above, interviewing Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca, holding her son Anders. (Full interview here.) Then, as transcribed by Politico: Blitzer: We&#8217;re happy you&#8217;re here. You guys did a great job. I guess you [...]]]></description>
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