Tag: Media

Press watchers will want to know that Jonathan Petre has been fired as religion reporter for The Telegraph, an odd move so close to the

Writing in the New York Times, Peter Steinfels warns readers to prepare for ‘breathless’ coverage of the Pope during his US visit: “When Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States on April 15 there will surely be voices in the media apparently disconcerted to discover that, yes, the pope is Catholic.”

In England, a Southampton funeral home has begun offering funeral services via webcast to mourners who cannot make the journey to funeral in person. The

The Dallas Morning News Religion Blog notes an interesting new film that was previewed at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in Austin earlier this month, and that will air at 8 p.m. on May 29 on the Independent Film Channel. The film is called “At the Death House Door,” and it focuses on the Rev. Carroll “Bud” Pickett’s path from death-penalty supporter to opponent.

Beliefnet, in partnership with TIME, has created a God-o-Meter (pronounced gah-DOM-meter) for presidential candidates. Said to be a “scientific measure of God-talk in the election”, the meter ranges from 0 (secularist) to 10 (theocrat).

The Easter offering from the BBC is on an epic scale: a brand-new dramatisation of the Passion, which begins on Palm Sunday and runs through the week like a “ticking clock” to its climax on Easter Day.

Andrew Brown: I have never been able to understand the attraction of Nigeria for English Anglicans: if this really is the future of religion, we can give up any attempt at defending Christianity on the basis that it promotes civilised values.

Since 1982, the tithe has been the minimum standard of giving in the Episcopal Church. We are not alone in that teaching. Americans donate $295

February 23, 2007 marked the 200th anniversary of the British Parliment’s vote to ban the slave trade. But the recognition of William Wilberforce, who lead an often lonely campaign to end the slave trade is not over. This month PBS stations will air The Better Hour: The Legacy of William Wilberforce.