The 33 Chilean miners have been miraculously rescued from their two month underground ordeal, answering the world’s prayers. As an update to my post yesterday on this topic, check out GetReligion’s latest roundup of the faith-related coverage. Now that everyone is safe and sound, assuming that Stephen Prothero is right and God Is Not One, who…

Rescue efforts for the trapped Chilean miners are going slowly but smoothly, as I type this. All we can do now is hope and pray, as the families in that predominantly Catholic country have done for the past two months — with an extra boost from Pope Benedict himself. Here are some links to faith-related stories…

Over the holiday weekend, it looks like my prediction about gay news overtaking Islamophobia (Obama’s Muslim roots, Park51, etc.) came to fruition: National Coming Out Day meets polarized American politics meets tragic bullying-related suicides… brace yourselves. While I catch up on last night’s “God in America” installments on PBS, here’s a sample of the religion news…

I’m looking forward to catching Monday night’s debut of God in America, a six-part series that aims to explore how deeply religion has influenced and informed public life in the United States, from Catholic missionaries’ first encounter with Native Americans to the political marriage between the GOP and conservative Christians. The joint presentation from PBS “American Experience”…

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