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The Washington Post recently gave prominent coverage to a bizarre religion story, so wildly improbable as to raise serious doubts about the paper's critical faculties. The piece also contributes to a potent modern mythology. The story reported that "Colombian Evangelical Christians Convert To Judaism, Embracing Hidden Past." It tells of a village with a strong…
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A couple weeks ago I got a call from Nat Hentoff. Hentoff, 86, is a legendary civil libertarian and journalist. He's at the point is his career when he should just be sitting back and receiving lifetime achievement awards. But there's one problem. Nat Hentoff is pro-life. He had called from New York to thank…
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From the day GetReligion opened its cyber-doors, we have argued that the liberal half of American Christianity deserves more coverage in the mainstream press. Most of the time, coverage of Christian liberalism turns everything into politics even faster than coverage of traditional, doctrinally conservative forms of Christianity. That’s simply bad journalism. Progressive Christians have beliefs…
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