Peter Steinfels, "The Audacity of Claiming the Last Word on This Word," New York Times (Sept. 13, 2008) - on the media's use of word "orthodoxy"
Interesting short piece. Permalink: http://snipr.com/3qo0g
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Peter Steinfels, "The Audacity of Claiming the Last Word on This Word," New York Times (Sept. 13, 2008) - on the media's use of word "orthodoxy"
Interesting short piece.
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Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly . Using the News to Teach Religion . Course Materials | PBS
Some practice examples.
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Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly . Using the News to Teach Religion . Real-World Examples | PBS
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . Using the News to Teach Religion | PBS
Link from the Pluralism Project. Videos and educators' packets on how to use the news media as a "textbook" in a religious studies course.
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"Teaching Controversial Issues," from For Your Consideration 21 (Sept. 2004), Center for Teaching and Learning, UNC
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Using PBS's NewsHour to teach current events in the classroom
Interesting list of tips. Aimed more at secondary school teachers, I think.
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Bedrock of a Faith Is Jolted - Los Angeles Times
New DNA tests allegedly disprove Mormon claims of Hebrew decent for Native Americans. Mormons claim it's a gigantic, malicious hoax.
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Dallas Morning News | Muhammad satire furor translates poorly
This article from the Dallas Morning News ends with an interview with a U.S. political cartoonist, who says he would not have drawn such images, and adds: "This is a hard time to be a satirical person."
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In Art Museums, Portraits Illuminate A Religious Taboo
Reflections on the presence of many devotional portraits of Muhammad in museums around the world; notes that the generalized Islamic prohibition on images is from the 10 Commandments, and that Buddhism and Christianity have forbidden images at some times
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The PISS CHRIST controversy by Damien Casey
Argues that Serrano's "Piss Christ" should be seen as a "religious" artwork. Link: Searchblog (snurl.com/meeq).
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The Chronicle: 9/23/2005: Faith Camp
Referenced in the <em>Revealer</em> (a href="http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timeless_002095.php">Sept. 22, 2005</a>). A "training camp" where evangelical Christians learn to defend their faith during college.
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Michelle Goldberg | The New Monkey Trial
Truthout's reprint of Michelle Goldberg in Salon.com
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