Journalists don’t understand that the reality of believers isn’t just another opinion. By Rod Dreher This forum asks, “What...

On losing count of the dead. By Jeff Sharlet Writing in The Washington Post, columnist Jim Hoagland notes that “the American public...

If a candidate asserts his faith vigorously enough, political writers will label him a “religious man” without asking what...

(With apologies to Martha Nussbaum) By Jason DeRose In June of 2004, the Center for Religion and Media at New York...

In search of religion on the campaign trail By Debra L. Mason Celebrated U.S. church historian Martin Marty once asked me...

By Kathryn Joyce Nationwide, the media today marked the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination in public...

Genocide on the small screen: Sudan as “Advo-tainment.” By Leshu Torchin Several weeks ago one of the few evangelical...

Culture warriors try again with the “Catholic Divide.” By Kathryn Joyce This week, The New York Times’s John Tierney dispensed a reassuring...

The eulogies rightfully remember Reagan as the ideological inspiration for many of those currently in power, but his darker...

American terrorists, California boys, and how the press thinks about treason. By Julia Rabig In the wake of the...

New media prayer warriors try to shake the world. By Elizabeth A. Castelli The banner reads: “Shockwave: Identify Yourself...

I Was a Passion News Source. By Laurel Snyder It’s a strange thing, the hunger for public statements, testimonials. Periodically, an important...

Blind Hookers, Floating Monks, and Gay Marxists at the Sundance Film Festival. By Patton Dodd Question: Where you can...

Maybe religion reporters aren’t so stupid, after all. By Diane Winston I understand Chris Smith’s frustration with the secular...

Religiously Ignorant Journalists By Christian Smith Today I received a phone message from a journalist from a major Dallas...

A Theological Investigation By Jay Rosen “In my view, journalism is a secular enterprise, and there is no specifically...