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On Religion
  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Occupy Advent 2012

    Most Americans "frontload" Christmas celebrations into the weeks before Christmas, trample Advent and then ignore the traditional season of Christmas.

    December 10, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Holy matrimony and civic unions, Part II

    Religion columnist Terry Mattingly offers up the second of two columns on the current debates about Holy Matrimony and civil unions.

    December 3, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Can churches cut ties to civil marriage rites?

    Religion columnist Terry Mattingly offers up the first of two columns on the current debates about Holy Matrimony and civil unions.

    November 26, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Preaching to a consumer culture

    Father John Kavanaugh -- priest, teacher, philosopher, author -- saw the need to preach to followers truths they didn't want to hear, says religion columnist Terry Mattingly.

    November 19, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Blunt commandments for faith bloggers

    As in the secular media, the social-media tsunami has rocked the old-guard religious publications, says religion columnist Terry Mattingly.

    November 12, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Serious Catholic words at that funny political dinner

    The Alfred E. Smith Dinner is a presidential campaign event where humor takes center stage but, as religion columnist Terry Mattingly reminds us, it is also a charity fundraiser and an opportunity to recall the humanitarian virtues of the event's namesake.

    November 5, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Billy Graham and Election 2012

    Has the national advertising campaign launched by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association crossed a line drawn by Rev. Graham himself, asks religion columnist Terry Mattingly.

    October 29, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg An update on anti-Mormon voters

    Non-religious and liberal voters are more likely than Christian conservatives to hold anti-Mormon attitudes according to religion columnist Terry Mattingly

    October 23, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Apocalyptic visions at Chernobyl

    The Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum tells a tragic story from the perspective of people with a strong faith, writes religion columnist Terry Mattingly.

    October 8, 2012 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg A soulful voice on a D.C. sidewalk

    Religion columnist Terry Mattingly memorializes a homeless man whose daily greetings touched others in a way few of us do.

    October 1, 2012 1 Photo