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Posts Tagged ‘religion and media’
Qatar hosts interfaith dialogue conference
posted by Brandon Vaidyanathanhe Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue is currently hosting its ninth annual conference on interfaith dialogue from October 24-26.
NPR’s religion reporters are not anti-religious
posted by John SchmalzbauerLast month, conservative trickster James O’Keefe caught NPR fundraising executive Ron Schiller saying this: “The current Republican Party, particularly the Tea Party, is fanatically involved in people’s personal lives and very fundamental Christian—I wouldn’t even call it Christian. It’s this weird evangelical kind of move.” Yesterday, these secretly-taped remarks were made public, leading to the resignation of both Schiller and NPR CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation).
Debating religion and media
posted by John D. BoyThe latest issue of Social Anthropology (sub. req.) contains a debate on religion and media between Charles Hirschkind and Matthew Engelke. Additionally, it features articles on religion and media by Birgit Meyer, Patrick Eisenlohr and Martijn Oosterbaan.
