Rev. Danny Fisher

After several days of Brit Hume-related news items, I think this whole flap is starting to die down a little.

Before we leave it alone, though, there are a few new pieces to tell you about:

At the Washington Post/Newsweek endeavor On Faith, panelists are currently debating a question:

Fox News analyst Brit Hume said “widespread media bias against Christianity” was to blame for criticism of his suggestion that Tiger Woods should embrace Christianity to find redemption. “Instead of urging that Tiger Woods turn to Christianity, if I had said what he needed to do was to strengthen his Buddhist commitment or turn to Hinduism, I don’t think anybody would have said a word,” Hume told Christianity Today. “It’s Christ and Christianity that get people stirred up.”

Sarah Palin and other conservative Christians have made similar claims. Is there widespread media bias against Christianity? Against evangelicals such as Hume and Palin? Against public figures who speak openly and directly about their faith? Against people who believe as you do?

Our pal Justin Whitaker at American Buddhist Perspective, meanwhile, thanks Mr. Hume.

Barbara O’Brien at Barbara’s Buddhism Blog tackles “ignorance about Buddhism” in many of the responses and coverage of the Hume kerfuffle.

Lastly, over at Religion Dispatches, Peter Laarman, executive director of Progressive Christians Uniting, notes, “Tiger could take Brit Hume’s suggestion and get Jesus for his troubles but nobody should pretend that anything Christian is going on here.”