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On Religion
  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg The life and times of John McCandlish Phillips

    The passing of the former New York Times reporter has fired online discussions on whether many newsrooms are hostile environments for religious believers, writes religion columnist Terry Mattingly.

    April 22, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg After 25 years, familiar religion-beat questions

    Readers consider religion a valued subject for newspaper coverage but the beat still doesn't get the attention it deserves says long-time religion columnist Terry Mattingly.

    April 15, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Surviving Easter 2013

    There are completely understandable tensions between Christmas-and-Easter-Only worshippers (CEOs) and the faithful who attend week after week.

    April 8, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg The strange victory by liberal religion

    Lliberal Protestants have been victorious in their push to define religion's value in public life primarily in terms of social and economic justice.

    April 1, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg 'Tis the papal gift to be simple

    This pope's commitment to beyond-symbolic simplicity is causing Catholics at every level to wrestle with the importance of his Jesuit roots.

    March 25, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Face to face with some real 'nones'

    Religion columnist Terry Mattingly writes about a recent cultural trend, the rise of the "religiously unaffiliated" — the so-called "nones."

    March 18, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Backing religious liberty — for all

    Religion columnist Terry Mattingly asks some tough questions about the meaning of religious liberty — to believers and unbelievers alike.

    March 11, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg On the separation of church and history

    Digging into ancient church history can leave some Protestants -- both liberals and conservatives -- facing questions about which traditions to embrace, which to adapt and which to avoid.

    March 4, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Twitter, the pope and what comes next

    Anyone scanning #askpontifex will come to understand there is a bitter divide within the Catholic Church.

    February 25, 2013 1 Photo

  • Terry_Mattingly.jpg Benedict XVI retires on his own terms

    The pope said he was thinking about the future of the papacy, not the past, when he made his stunning announcement to retire by the end of the month.

    February 18, 2013 1 Photo