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“Gospel of Judas” misinterpreted by Nat’l Geographic
GetReligion.org
Betrayed with a translation
Easter 2006 featured an unrelenting public relations offensive (emphasis on offensive) by the National Geographic Society and its National Geographic magazine that argued that Judas was unfairly maligned by Christians. The story was covered far and wide by all the major media outlets. A later update on the story hasn’t received as much coverage — not by a long shot — but I thought it worth highlighting. In a New York Times op-ed, April DeConick, a professor of Biblical studies at Rice University, argues that National Geographic got the story wrong:
Dec 10, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Apologetics, Family, Pop Culture
NOW PLAYING: Bella
Bella
Oct 27, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Parenting, Adoption, Pop Culture, Life, Abortion, Science, Bioethics
Cheerleading for Divorce
National Review
January 23, 2007, 6:00 a.m.
Cheerleading for Divorce
Socially irresponsible reporting.
By Jennifer Roback Morse
“51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse,” the New York Times trumpeted last week. Is this something to celebrate, as the paper of record seemed to do? And more importantly, is it even true?
There is certainly a trend away from marriage, but the numbers reported by the New York Times are deliberately misleading.
These data come from the American Community Survey for 2005, whose website is here. If you go directly to the simplest table, S1201, you will find, contra the NYT, that 51 percent of women are married. (Run your eye down the first column to the row which lists “females.” Scoot over to “Now married, (except separated).”) Voila! 51 percent of women are now married.
Jan 30, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Living, Marriage, Divorce/Remarriage, Pop Culture, Singles
To Be Married Means to Be Outnumbered
Married couples, whose numbers have been declining for decades as a proportion of American households, have finally slipped into a minority, according to an analysis of new census figures by The New York Times.
Oct 17, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Marriage, Pop Culture, Citizenship, National
Baylor Survey of Religion
BSR-Baylor Survey of Religion
American Piety in the 21st CenturyAmerican Piety in the 21st Century
Most survey studies that include questions about religion only have space to ask about basic religious indicators such as church attendance and belief in God. This is understandable, as most surveys are focused on other topics such as crime or politics and space is at a premium. ISR has received a major three-year grant from the John M. Templeton Foundation, to conduct a nationally representative multi-year study of religious values, practices, and behaviors. After several years devoted to development and pretesting by Baylor faculty, the Baylor Religion Survey (BSR) was fielded during the winter of 2005 and the data were made available for analysis in the spring of 2006.
Sep 13, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty
Americans May Be More Religious Than They Realize
Americans May Be More Religious Than They Realize
Many Without Denomination Have Congregation, Study Finds
By Michelle Boorstein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 12, 2006; A12
A survey released yesterday posits the idea that the United States — already one of the most religious nations in the developed world — may be even less secular than previously suspected.
The Baylor University survey looked carefully at people who checked “none” when asked their religion in polls. Sociologists have watched this group closely since 1990, when their numbers doubled, from 7 percent of the population to 14 percent. Some sociologists said the jump reflects increasing secularization at the same time that American society is becoming more religious.
But the Baylor survey, considered one of the most detailed ever conducted about religion in the United States, found that one in 10 people who picked “no religion” out of 40 choices did something interesting when asked later where they worship: They named a place.
Sep 12, 2006 - topic(s): Family, Pop Culture, Citizenship, Church and State, National, Religious Liberty
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