Understanding Religion

This article by the New York Times describes a young woman whose religion has led her around the world helping people and working for World Relief.

I think that this was a good article because it demonstrated a good understanding of religion by a mainstream media outlet. The woman in question, Jenna Liao, is not some nutty Christian fundamentalist who hates gays and lives in a small religious bubble. Instead, she is an intelligent young woman whose religious convictions, taken in context of an understanding and caring for human dignity, has led her to help people and touch their lives.

I think that these kinds of accounts tend to go unnoticed by the mainstream media, but in this case the New York Times did a good job of casting a revealing light upon religion beyond what is usually mentioned and outside of the stereotypes we tend to have of people who feel strongly about their faith.