Monthly Archives: December 2011

Occupy Christmas (and 2012)!

by Lee Gilmore As the consumerist spectacle of the “holidays” winds up to a frenetic finale this week, reporters might find themselves struggling to find yet another angle on these annual events. It's a repetitive exercise, not unlike being subjected … Continue reading

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Nothing Sparks a Movement Like an Adversary (and Some Bad PR)

by Brie Loskota When TLC first aired “All-American Muslim,” the show met with some harsh criticism from within the Muslim community. In general the complaints went like this: 1) “All American” doesn't represent the racial and ethnic diversity of American … Continue reading

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Monsters We Love

“Monster We Love: TV's Pop Culture Theodicy,” on “Krista Tippett On Being” (American Public Media), December 1, 2011. Diane Winston and Krista Tippett discuss amoral zombies, loving vampires, righteous serial killers and lots of God. That's all in the new … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas: The War Is…Over?

by Chris Tokuhama I'm not sure when it started, but I am told that there is most definitely a “War on Christmas” occurring in America at the present moment. Well, the war is reoccurring, to be more accurate. In response … Continue reading

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Taking Liberties with "Religious Liberty"

by Maura Jane Farrelly The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has established a new Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty – born from the conviction that religious liberty in the United States is being “compromised” by liberal lawmakers, and that … Continue reading

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Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Marriages

by Marcia Alesan Dawkins Since the 1980s, news media have portrayed interracial romantic relationships as a persistently volatile fault line in America's racial divide. Other reports, in contrast, have suggested that the significance of race is declining, that religious practitioners … Continue reading

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Who's Afraid of Religious Freedom?

by Courtney Bender I am tired of reading reports about the ongoing scuffles over statues and crèches on public land. And I am as bored as one can be by reports on the war against the supposed war against Christmas. … Continue reading

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