Post & Courier: Top 10 Religious Stories of 2010

From this morning’s Post & Courier:

Why do we love Top 10 lists?

Because rankings help us order the world. Because we enjoy comparing our picks to others’. Because they remind us of events we care about.

And so we come to the top religion and culture newsmakers of 2010. What follows is not scientific. It is our best attempt to look at those headlines that dominated the national news last year or seemed to have a significant impact on the Lowcountry.

Perhaps we’ve included something you think ought to have been ignored; perhaps we omitted a story you deem important. If so, we hope you will forgive us, and we hope you will leave a comment online.

Each of our story entries, in no particular order, includes a brief description about articles that were published in 2010. Some of the stories spent a great deal of time in the pages of news publications.

It’s easy to reach hard conclusions quickly. It’s difficult (but perhaps necessary) to seek to understand an issue from various points of view.

That’s what we strive to do in Faith & Values: present ideas to mull over.

Read the list.