Religion and society Articles
God in the Marketplace 7
July 02, 2004
Can TV, the movies and music -- popular, commercial entertainment (as opposed to often more challenging high art) -- give the spiritually hungry masses a sense of purpose? I think there may be ways to find light amid its darkness.
God in the Marketplace 4
July 02, 2004
It was the early '70s. It was a youth hostel. There was me, another guy and two attractive young women in a large shower room. Nobody flirted. Nobody got excited. But the shower experience set my image of the Netherl...
Deep down newspapers are superficial
June 17, 2004
Reynolds won gusts of laughter when he made fun this week of the mighty media before 300 people, most of them media-wary members of churches, synagogues, mosques and temples.
But he was doing anything but writing off newspapers with his remark, or even that most superficial medium of all, telev...
Questioning Our Images of Islam
June 17, 2004
Canadian journalists are becoming more sensitive in their portrayal of members of the Muslim community since Sept. 11. However, while the images of Islam have improved compared to the Gulf War a decade ago, negative stereotypes still prevail, say newspaper editors and media watchdogs.
Shahina S...
When the Pope comes calling
June 17, 2004
The pope-mobile, cheering crowds, a charismatic leader, flowing vestments, ethnic dress, high pomp and circumstance -- if any religious event is "made-for-TV," it's a papal visit. In March, Pope John Paul II completed what he himself viewed as the crowning of his papacy: a trip to the Holy Land. ...
Religion in a Cold Climate
June 17, 2004
When I stand outside my cabin on a lovely lake shore near Yellowknife, I know there is nothing but wilderness for 3,000 miles. An angled trajectory might eventually find an isolated native community reachable by plane or boat, but my personal line of longitude doesn't intersect a single highway o...
Winnipeg Faith and Media Forum: Religion rises from obscurity
June 17, 2004
It wasn't until a couple of hours after the first airliner crashed into the World Trade Center when CTV News's Kirk Lapointe discovered a significant gap in the network's reporting.
"Just after 10:30 on the morning of Sept. 11, I remember looking around our newsroom and realizing I did not see ...
God in the Marketplace 6
June 17, 2004
Times were already tough enough for North America's Muslims. But the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, made them harder. Television and newspapers overflowed with stories about Muslim terrorists like Osama bin Lad...
God in the Marketplace 5
June 17, 2004
Most Canadian public educators are still in reaction mode: making sure we don't return to the days of Christian proselytizing in the classroom through reciting the Lord's Prayer and Bible readings. Understandably, in a pluralistic culture, educators don't want to be accused of indoctrinating chil...
