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Heading Southeast, While Clergy and Candidates Clash on Immigration Reform & Jobs Act
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Nicole Neroulias
I’m heading to the Religion Newswriters Association’s annual conference, held in Durham, N.C. this year. Check out the schedule and let me know if there are any specific topics you’d like me to cover, in addition to the Buddhism session I’m moderating Saturday. You can also follow the conference on Twitter at #RNA2011 (you don’t…
Gov. Rick Perry: Faith, Not Science, Explains Texas Drought?
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Nicole Neroulias
I’m mystified that GOP presidential contenders still get away with dismissing climate change as a a mere “theory” (like gravity?), but even more so when the doubting Thomas comes in the form of Gov. Rick Perry, of the drought-stricken state of Texas — not to mention the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. Yet at last night’s Republican debate,…
Hurricane Irene, Earthquake and Other Disasters: Blessing or Warning from God?
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Nicole Neroulias
Hurricane Irene may not have wreaked quite as much destruction as initially feared — my family and friends are all OK, if a bit waterlogged and powerless, but that’s typical after any big storm in the New York suburbs — but let’s remember that we all briefly breathed a sigh of relief when Hurricane Katrina…
Fun Friday: What to Ask Republican Presidential Candidates, And What Not to Wear to Church
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Nicole Neroulias
I dearly love the premise of GetReligion, a blog that points out weaknesses in the mainstream media’s coverage of faith-related issues, but I do get annoyed at its conservative Christian perspective at times. For example, all the pearl-clutching over Bill Keller’s recent New York Times column, which made the point that since religion plays such…
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