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Anti-Christian Christian movements?
The Economist, which I don’t often look to for its religion reporting, has an article this week that is rich on scene-setting descriptions and bland on substantive reporting.
Hanging ten with the Virgin Mary
Here’s a fun one. A few days before Easter, the Surfing Madonna mysteriously appeared in a seaside city north of San Diego. The mural attracted a lot of attention, and, when it was ordered removed, the Los Angeles Times wrote this story:
Ron Artest: Buddhist or bizarre?
Crystal Cathedral's Latino revival?
I feel like I just commented on a Los Angeles Times story about Crystal Cathedral. Oh, that’s right. I did.
Dear Mohler: Welcome to Weinergate
I’ve heard that a comedian can make a whole career in Hollywood out of wiener jokes. I wonder if the same could be said for the media and Weiner jokes.
Insert conservative Christian cliche here
Maybe you’ve heard: Conservative Christian voters are going to be a big deal in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
Big bucks, even in bankruptcy
We at GetReligion have had a few stories about the Los Angeles Times’ coverage of problems at the famed Crystal Cathedral since the church filed for bankruptcy.
Anti-Semitism and the 'intactivists'
I can’t imagine that a month ago many reporters thought one of the stories that would be grabbing a lot of attention would be efforts to criminalize the circumcision of a male minor. But a voter initiative qualified for the November ballot in San Francisco, and suddenly a lot of people seem obsessed with a little bit of skin.