Faith and the ‘One and Done’ Tradition

Terry Mattingly July 21st, 2010

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why so many mainstream journalists do not want to write about the practical implications of the choices made by liberal religious believers and even those of skeptics. While coverage of religious conservatives (much of it inaccurate or simply simplistic) consumes oceans of ink, the fine details of the lives of liberal believers are rarely examined.

Consider, for example, that recent Time magazine cover story that ran with the headline, "The Only Child … (Read More)

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Rush Limbaugh (hearts) Elton John

Terry Mattingly June 14th, 2010

If you have read GetReligion for more than a week or two, you probably have noticed that we live in the age of the simplistic label. If you noticed that fact, then you also must have noticed that your GetReligionistas are not fond of labels - especially in religion coverage.

It's just too easy to divide the world into left and right, moderates and fundamentalists and assume that news consumers have some idea what those words mean. Isn't that right, Bill Keller? This is particularly tru … (Read More)

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LAT: Is the pope Catholic?

Terry Mattingly March 30th, 2009

As the old saying goes in hurricane territory, “I think we’re in for a bit of a blow.”

It will be interesting to see how the mainstream press handles the facts in the upcoming culture warfare over President Barack Obama’s scheduled commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.

There is a real story here, of course. Rest assured that Catholics are going to split on how to handle this, because American Catholics — including some bishops, based on the evidence — are divided on h … (Read More)

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Is Rush the new Pat Robertson?

Terry Mattingly February 18th, 2009

Raise your hand if you think that religious conservatives play a major role in the power structure of the Republican Party today.

Raise your hand if you think Rush Limbaugh is an important leader in the Republican Party.

OK, raise your hand if you think that the combination of these two facts means that Limbaugh is a leader in the Religious Right or some other stream of religious conservatism. That’s a harder question, isn’t it? To be blunt, I know some religious conservatives who swear by R … (Read More)

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Dancing with Democrats - Dr. Joel Hunter on SBE

Erik Guzman January 16th, 2009

Join conservative spokesman, Dr. Joel Hunter, on this edition of SBE as we discuss the controversy surrounding his association with President-elect Obama, Rick Warren's involvement in the inauguration, pro-life Democrats, Obama's Christian faith and more.

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Dr. Hunter is a registered Republican, he says he's not part of the religious left and he delivered the closing prayer at t … (Read More)

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An Evangelical Manifesto - Guinness & Smith on SBE

Erik Guzman July 11th, 2008

Join us on this edition of Steve Brown Etc. as we discuss An Evangelical Manifesto with one of its primary authors, Os Guinness, and one of its more vocal critics, Warren Smith.

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The culture wars have created a lot of confusion and consternation around the term "Evangelical." So, a group of Christian leaders have come together to clear things up with An Evangelical Manifesto. Os Guinness and the other authors of the manifesto hope to, "ma … (Read More)

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