Hearts, Minds, Mortars

March 30, 2004
In a 2,600 word New York Times report by David Rohde on the American “Hunt… for Hearts and Minds” in Afghanistan, the role of religion...

This is The End

March 29, 2004
In honor of Glorious Appearing, the 12th installment of the mega-best-selling Left Behind series, a true tale of the apocalypse from Revealer editor Jeff...

See the Dreamer

March 29, 2004
Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the co-founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, on Friday, March 19, three days before his assassination....

The Apocalypse is Always Now

March 29, 2004
On the eve of Glorious Appearing, the final installment of the bestselling Left Behind series, a true tale of the apocalypse from Revealer editor Jeff...

Dreamers and Assassins

March 29, 2004
“See the Dreamer in his wheelchair. A poor man. Paralyzed. Blind to this world…” Or was he? Photo-historian Michael Lesy takes...

Sabbath Reading

March 28, 2004
It’s just been called to our attention that in our Thursday announcement of our new guide to the God beat, we...

Sunday at St. Blog's

March 28, 2004
Last Thursday, The Revealer shared a stage at the Yale Divinity School with a panel of journalists talking about “The Belief Beat.” Among...

Shabbat Reads

March 27, 2004
Doc Searls, who describes himself as a Christian, is nonetheless concerned about the radio range wars being waged by...

Which Side Are You On?

March 27, 2004
Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, leaves little room for doubt in hispaean to an Iraqi Christian pastor on The...

Retire the "Culture War"

March 26, 2004
Historian Julia Rabig writes in to decode one of journalism’s most abused catchphrases, “culture war”: Just two examples: Lyle Denniston of The Boston Globe informs...

Religion is So Last Week

March 26, 2004
If there’s a pun in The New York Observer‘s hed, “Let’s Holla for Kaballah,” we’re missing it. But that’s the...

Belief Beat

March 25, 2004
The Revealer will be speaking at a conference, “The Belief Beat: Religion & Journalism,”at Yale Divinity School tonight. Preparations must be...

Shallow Wisdom

March 24, 2004
The New York Times seems have divided up religion on its op-ed page Crossfire-style. From the left, Nicholas Kristof. From the right, David...

Mazl Blog!

March 23, 2004
Scholars, wonks, and rebbeles; mameles and makhers-in-their-own-minds; such are the denizens of… well, it’s hard to say what they’re...

Jewschool

March 23, 2004
First, apologies — Jewschool informs us that there is a name for the Jewish blogosphere — jBlog. Second — jBlog, how...

Freestyling

March 23, 2004
Jimmy Carter is, as ever, diplomatic in his denunciation of the White House’s current religion. In The American Prospect, he tells Ayelish...

Just Presupposing...

March 23, 2004
San Francisco Chronicle religion writer Don Lattin weighs in on disgraced USA Today journo Jack Kelley: “Kelley — who resigned earlier this year amid allegations that...

Home School Fight Songs

March 22, 2004
“Conservative Christian homeschoolers are big on critical thinking,” says one such, “so they wouldn’t be led by the nose.”...

Christ of the Coup

March 22, 2004
The Revealer‘s associate editor, Kathryn Joyce, gives The Wall Street Journal’s op-ed page poor grades in theology and history: “…The Christ of...

Don't Mess With Religion Reporters

March 22, 2004
A bit after the fact but better-considered: The great Gary Wills weighs in on The Passion in The New York Review of Books. Regular...

Swedenborgian Street Soldier

March 22, 2004
The Catholic Church isn’t the only institution gripped by scandal — the Swedenborgians have been having a hot time of it...

Who Was Yassin?

March 22, 2004
Our press tells us the natives are restless, but it does not tell us why. It reports that Sheik Ahmed Yassin‘s...

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