News & Commentary About All Things Baptist

Courtesy of Baptist Press of the Southern Baptist Convention: Southern Baptists are not disrespecting Catholics when they share the Gospel -– as they believe it -– with their Catholic friends, Davis said.  “We’re not disrespecting them and while we obviously disagree with them, we’re just being true to our own beliefs and faith,” Davis said. [...]

Below are snippets from an excellent article from feminist theologian Mary Hunt on the Pope, his visit and those funny red Prada shoes. Press coverage of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States—his first as Pope—acts like a mirror reflecting the media’s complicated role in reporting religious news as a whole. What could be [...]