Left, Right & Christ – Lisa Sharon Harper & D.C. Innes on SBE

Erik Guzman September 30th, 2011

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Tony Campolo has often said on our program that mixing Christianity and politics is like mixing ice cream and horse manure. It doesn't mess up the horse manure, but it sure screws up the ice cream! If that's true, join us this week on Steve Brown Etc. for a horse manure sundae.

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Listen as we talk with Lisa Sharon Harper and D.C. Innes about their new book … (Read More)

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The Smell of Jesus – Tony & Peggy Campolo

Erik Guzman May 20th, 2011

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When you're around Christians, do they smell like Jesus? No, I'm not talking about the scent of sawdust. I'm talking about the sweet fragrance of grace and compassion.

Join Tony and Peggy Campolo on Steve Brown Etc. as we talk about civil disobedience, gay marriage and civil disagreement in the name of love. (If you're not interested in those topics, join us anyway. With Jesus coming back tomorrow, it'll look really good for you if you' … (Read More)

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Faith and the ‘One and Done’ Tradition

Terry Mattingly July 21st, 2010

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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 head … (Read More)

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Rush Limbaugh (hearts) Elton John

Terry Mattingly June 14th, 2010

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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 … (Read More)

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LAT: Is the pope Catholic?

Terry Mattingly March 30th, 2009

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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 … (Read More)

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Is Rush the new Pat Robertson?

Terry Mattingly February 18th, 2009

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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 religi … (Read More)

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