{"id":26145,"date":"2015-09-05T20:28:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T02:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=26145"},"modified":"2015-09-05T20:28:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T02:28:27","slug":"faith-communities-are-missing-from-todays-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2015\/09\/faith-communities-are-missing-from-todays-television.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Faith communities are missing from today&#8217;s television&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26146\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2015\/09\/449px-Steeple_of_St_James_Catholic_Church.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26146\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2015\/09\/449px-Steeple_of_St_James_Catholic_Church.jpg\" alt=\"Ravi photo of St. James Church\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. James Roman Catholic Church, Chicago<br>(Photo by Joe Ravi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Except, of course \u2014 at least, from what I\u2019ve seen \u2014 as objects of ridicule (cf. the Book of Mormon musical) or as occasions for fear or as obstacles to be overcome on the road to social justice and progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an article on that topic from <em>U. S. Catholic:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscatholic.org\/articles\/201508\/faith-communities-are-missing-todays-television-30321\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.uscatholic.org\/articles\/201508\/faith-communities-are-missing-todays-television-30321<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Except, of course \u2014 at least, from what I\u2019ve seen \u2014 as objects of ridicule (cf. the Book of Mormon musical) or as occasions for fear or as obstacles to be overcome on the road to social justice and progress. \u00a0 Here\u2019s an article on that topic from U. S. 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