Richard Ostling is a journalist who writes for GetReligion and Patheos, Inc. His articles focus on religion, particularly Christianity, and cover a range of topics including church politics, religious beliefs, and societal issues related to faith. He offers analysis and commentary on current events and trends within the religious landscape.
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Richard Ostling's coverage primarily focuses on religion, with a specific emphasis on Christianity and its various denominations. He also delves into discussions surrounding LGBTQ+ rights within religious contexts. Given his reliance on expert commentary and legal policy regulation, he is likely to be receptive to pitches from individuals who can provide in-depth analysis or expert insight into theological or legal aspects of religion, particularly related to Christianity and the Southern Baptist Convention.
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THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER The Shroud of Turin, the world's most famous and most-examined artifact, is revered by devotees as the actual
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) A thumbsucker on the news business could review all those disheartening statistics about dying dailies and weeklies, declining ad and circulation income and shrinking newsroom staffs — all of which have escalated since the 21st Century dawned.
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) Before this month’s Synod at the Vatican, Pope Francis took the question of allowing women deacons off the agenda, referring this and other hot-button issues to study groups. That distressed many Catholic activists. Leaving aside this matter of ordained ministry, sisters in religious orde
THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Before the final session of a Synod of Bishops that concludes at the Vatican October 27, much printer's ink was
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) Before the final session of a Synod of Bishops that concludes at the Vatican October 27, much printer’s ink was spilled because Pope Francis removed the issue of allowing women deacons from the agenda.
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) That was the eye-catching headline for a 2019 article. Last month, the watchdog website Ministry Watch pursued its long-running concern that’s also raised in a September article by University of Notre Dame law professor Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a tax expert.
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) Turnout! Due to the stay-at-home factor, Democratic votes for president fell by some nine million from 2020, causing political scientist James Galbraith to say the party had committed “suicide.” Kamala Harris and the Democrats had a problem with men. Donald Trump’s Republicans had a big p
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) Whatever their partisan preferences, Americans can agree that the coming four years under President Donald Trump will bring major disruptions and contentions in politics. How might that affect religion? In particular, what’s now at stake for evangelical Protestantism, the most important s
THE RELIGION GUY'S ANSWER: Many Bible readings during Christmas services will recount that the infant Jesus escaped murder at the hands of
By: Richard Ostling
(ANALYSIS) The Justice Department is in a legal fight against Tennessee and, by extension, all 26 states with laws that forbid or restrict “gender-affirming” transition treatments for youths under the age of 18.
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