Monthly Archives: April 2011

Westboro Baptist and Terry Jones: Reporting on Demons without Growing Horns

by Maura Jane Farrelly In December of last year, members of Westboro Baptist Church announced that they would be coming to the Boston metropolitan area. Their purpose was to picket Brandeis University – a school that was founded in 1948 … Continue reading

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Covering Terry Jones, Then and Now

by Andrew Khouri Last month, the incendiary Florida pastor Terry Jones served as judge in a “trial” in which he convicted the Koran of capital crimes. Jones then ordered that the Muslim holy book should be burned, and another pastor … Continue reading

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Evangelicals, Left and Right

by Janine Rayford When a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Christian activist Jim Wallis and two other religious leaders held a press conference last week to announce a religious fast to protest the deep cuts that congressional Republicans … Continue reading

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A Free Pass for Newt?

by Jessica Donath Last weekend, former House speaker Newt Gingrich announced he would run for president in 2012. Only hours later, he spoke to a congregation of evangelical Christians in San Antonio about the greatest threats he believes the country … Continue reading

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Round Two for Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook

by Rosalina Nieves The position of U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom has remained vacant for the past two years. This has some critics wondering what approach, if any, the White House is taking toward religious freedom issues. It also … Continue reading

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