Richard Ostling

Former religion writer @AP & @TIME. Blogger @Patheos & @GetReligion. @ReligionReport Lifetime Achievement Award. @AARWeb Award. Co-author, Mormon America.

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This site analyzes media handling of religion. Check out my weekly Religion Guy memo. https://t.co/smfmtW48JC

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January 6 cont'd: What is "Christian Nationalism"? https://t.co/BTF5nME0Dq #religiousfreedom #nationalism #patriotism #Christiannationalism #religiousright #BaptistJointCommittee #FreedomFromReligion #evangelicalism #ChristianityToday #Constitution #SouthernBaptist #January6

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What does "inerrancy" of the Bible mean? https://t.co/WmIXZXG7VZ #vaticantwo #evangelicals #fundamentalism #Bibleliteralism #Biblemodernism #creation #Bible #PrincetonSeminary #Presbyterians #SouthernBaptist #Catholicism #inerrancy

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What ails U.S. evangelicalism? Where is it heading? https://t.co/frABu4CvJS #evangelical #evangelicalcrisis #Trump #DavidBrooks #NewYorkTimes #Newsweek

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What role will religion play in choosing and confirming new U.S. Supreme Court justice? #SCOTUS #churchandstate #religiousfreedom #justicebreyer #Biden

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Amid all those scandals, how do we define a religious "cult"? #cult #newreligions #sect #childrenofgod #rajhneesh #IAMmovement #guyballard #moonies #keithraniere #NXIVM #polygamy #snakehandlers #religiousfreedom #jgordonmelton #jonestown #aumshinriko #heavensgate #solartemple

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Two large rival Orthodox churches in Ukraine loom large as Russia threatens invasion or domination https://t.co/J5s9Hy3zUD #ukraine #Russia #Putin #EasternOrthodox #ecumenicalpatriarch #Moscowpatriarch #Kyiv #Kiev #BaptismofRus #GreekCatholic #ByzantineRite

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Post-Covid, would shrunken churches create a U.S. "public health" crisis? Harvard social scientists say yes. https://t.co/ShdId02oer #churchattendance #publichealth #COVID #harvard #publichealth #suiciderate

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Is having children a moral duty for couples? https://t.co/a2KJ6FHGHy #popefrancis #pets #birthrates #birthdearth #China #NewYorkTimes #ZPG #vaticantwo #population #genesis1

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If America is really heading toward "civil war," what's religion's role? https://t.co/JcgQi3dWO4 #newyorker #davidremnbick #davidfrench #votingrights #biden #evangelical #trump #newyorktimes #civilwar

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What do U.S. churches believe on the sensitive transgender issue? https://t.co/z24jQCCSpj #transgender #nonbinary #samesex #episcopalchurch #unitedchurchofchrist #southernbaptists #popefrancis #catholicism #humanrightscampign #TERF #bookofgenesis #creation #Bible #ELCA #Methodist

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Did the infant Jesus cry? https://t.co/SzmfrSep1P #Christmascarols #KingsCollege #BBC #ChristmasEve #Nativity #infantJesus #Docetism #Gnosticism #Christianity #incarnation #NiceneCreed #pseudepigraphy #Quran #Bethlehem #InfancyGospel

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America's perennial death-by-choice debate is back in the news https://t.co/0HD1egRFGe #euthanasia #deathwithdignity #deathbychoice #assistedsuicide #mercykilling

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Is U.S. Christianity becoming two different religions? https://t.co/PnQTrCa4gu #mainlineProtestant #evangelical #USreligion #Trump #God #atheism

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The secretive mullah who rules Afghanistan will shape world Islam's image and direction https://t.co/rdCnBreLXV #afghanistan #sunniislam #islam #shiaislam #taliban #Akhundzada #terrorism #IslamicState

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What was the biblical "thorn in the flesh" that vexed St. Paul? https://t.co/NocFMNdKtN #apostlepaul #stpaul #thornintheflesh #2corinthians #galatians

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Here's evangelicals' little-noticed billion-dollar funding source. https://t.co/IRWQwKAETZ #nationalchristianfoundation #evangelicals #hategroups #SPLC #donoradvisedfunds #DAF #ministrywatch

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How do 21st Century Latter-day Saints view 19th Century polygamy? https://t.co/mJlddwxd61 #polygamy #Mormons #latterdaysaints #josephsmith #brighamyoung #utah #LDS #theprinciple #themanifesto

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Media shouldn't let Supreme Court's abortion cases overshadow an appeal on funding of religious schools https://t.co/ie2KhbIYyd #churchandstate #Maine #supremecourt #sectarian #christianschools #orthooxjudaism #catholicchurch #muslimschools #COGIC #SouthernBaptist #evangelical

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Is COVID vaccine the Bible's "mark of the beast"? Both literal and symbolic interpreters say no. https://t.co/6zQ6mc6MwS #markofthebeast #BookofRevelation #Apocalypse #Bibleprophecy #COVID #COVIDvaccine #antivaxx

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Evangelicals' internal debate over Adam and Eve heats up. https://t.co/fdCOyOrFRz #adam #historicaladam #evolution #evangelicals #bookofgenesis #franciscollins #genomics #creationism #humanorigins