by Martin Marty | May 1, 2012 | Opinion
“MostAmericansSayMediaCoverageofReligionTooSensationalized” reads the headline of a report on a poll of a sample of “the public” and of journalists. That headline is perhaps a bit too sensationalized itself because the pollsters had to choose...
by Martin Marty | Apr 12, 2012 | Opinion
Thetext for today’s meditation comes from The Wall Street Journal, a quotation provided by a major novelist, whose newest work was being reviewed. The quote, first: “The Lord commands us to ‘do good to all men,’ universally, a great part of...
by Martin Marty | Mar 22, 2012 | Opinion
“Public religion,” the rubric for these e-columns and the Center that issues them, often gets reduced to “religion and politics,” but “public” has a broader reach. Included are, for example, the arts, education, and – yes! – dealing...
by Martin Marty | Mar 19, 2012 | Opinion
Almost fifty times a year, the weekly Sightings column by Martin E. Marty appears. Almost every time it is based on documentation from print or digital or electronic media: newspapers, blogs, films, etc. This week is different, not because our attempt to treat...
by Martin Marty | Mar 7, 2012 | Opinion
The weekend just past found some of the oldest things in Western religion to be the subject of newest concern and debate. One instance: a book of the Christian Bible, the Apocalypse or Revelation of St. John, which is the main review in The New Yorker and the main...
