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Patheos Catholic bloggers were honored with [[Catholic Press Association|Catholic Press Awards]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.catholicpress.org/resource/resmgr/Awards_2015/7.2.2015_Press_Awards_Copy_f.pdf |title=2015 Catholic Press Awards |author=Catholic Press Association |date=27 June 2015 |publisher=Catholic Press Association |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</ref> |
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Former [[Quiverfull]] member [[Vyckie Garrison]], who blogs in the Spirituality and Atheist Channels, was named Atheist of the Year for 2014 by [[American Atheists]]. <ref>{{cite web |http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/04/07/congratulations-to-vyckie-garrison-the-2014-atheist-of-the-year/ |title=Congratulations to Vyckie Garrison, the 2014 “Atheist of the Year!” |author=Neil Carter |date=April 7, 2015 |publisher=Patheos |accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</ref> |
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Type of site | Religion and Spirituality |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | Sept 2008 |
| Headquarters | Englewood, CO[1] , USA |
| Founder(s) | Leo and Cathie Brunnick |
| Key people | Leo Brunnick (CEO) Cathie Brunnick (COO) Murry McKenzie (CIO) Deborah Arca (Dir of Content) Kathleen Mulhern (Exec Editor) |
| URL | www.patheos.com |
| Launched | May 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
Patheos is a non-denominational, non-partisan online media company providing information and commentary from various religious and nonreligious perspectives.
Upon its launch in May 2009, the website was primarily geared toward learning about religions through a reference library and other peer-reviewed resources on 27 global religions. In its current form, the site also hosts more than 450 blogs in eleven "Faith Channels," offering commentary and news from these perspectives in topics including politics, institutions, culture, sacred texts, history, lifestyle, entertainment, family life, and business. Patheos is the largest English language religion and spirituality site in the world, while the Catholic, Progressive Christian, Atheist, and Pagan Channels constitute the largest web presence for each of their respective traditions.
History
Patheos was founded in 2008 by Leo and Cathie Brunnick [3][4], both web technology professionals and residents of Denver, Colorado. They amassed hundreds of essays and works from scholars, practitioners, and religious leaders, shaping them into a religion Library that could serve as “the ESPN of religion and spirituality.”
The name Patheos is a portmanteau of “path” and “theos,” the Greek word for god.
Patheos hit a high of 21.96 million unique visitors in the month of June 2015, making it the largest English-language religion website in the world. [5]
Content
In an early interview, Leo Brunnick described the site's intention as a middle ground between dry academic sites, "gimmicky" popular sites, and faith-based sites that are passionate and knowledgeable but biased toward a single perspective.[6] Its Religion Library is intended for students of religion in school or home settings and includes a “Comparison Lens” feature to compare and contrast elements in different religious traditions, including the origins, development, beliefs, rituals, ethics, and community of each tradition.
Patheos hosts eleven “Faith Channels” -- Atheist, Buddhist, Catholic, Evangelical, Hindu, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, Progressive Christian, and Spirituality -- providing commentary from their respective faith communities through more than 450 blogs and columns. Contributors include professors, journalists, authors, activists, and religious leaders. [7]
There are also several topical Channels, including: Entertainment (reviews of movies, television, theater, art, and pop culture); Family (focusing on parenting, marriage, and family issues); Preachers (with sermon tips and biblical exegesis); and Faith and Work (addressing career, vocation, economics, politics, and more).
Patheos Book Club features sponsored material on new releases in religious publishing, including excerpts, book reviews, author Q&As, interviews, and roundtable discussions.
Patheos Public Square is a monthly symposium that poses a single question of timely and general interest, inviting internal and external contributors to shape responses from their own religious perspectives. Past topics have included the Future of World Religions; America and Civil Religion; Faith Communities and the Alleviation of Poverty; Political Engagement and Culture Wars; Politics in the Pulpit; Abortion; and Religion and the Environment.
Patheos Press publishes ebooks and print books on religious topics; Patheos Ad Network provides revenue and advertising management to other websites; and Patheos Labs offers web services and design, creative content development, new media strategies, and technology facilitation.
In June 2014, Patheos began a partnership with TIME.com to provide exclusive religion and spirituality content for the site.[8]
Reception
Time magazine called Patheos's materials "streamlined" and "reader-friendly".[7] Religion News Service described it as "a more cerebral approach to what Beliefnet's been doing for nearly a decade".[9]
Prominent bloggers
The roster of Patheos bloggers includes:
- Brian McLaren (Progressive Christian) - Author, A New Kind of Christianity and We Make the Road By Walking [1]
- Vyckie Garrison (Spirituality) - Former Quiverfull member, 2014 American Atheists' Atheist of the Year [2]
- Qasim Rashid (Muslim) - Author, The Wrong Kind of Muslim and Extremist [3]
- Warren Throckmorton (Evangelical) - Professor of psychology, author of Getting Jefferson Right [4]
- Leah Libresco (Catholic) - Former atheist who converted to Catholicism; author of Arriving at Amen [5]
- Ryan Bell (Atheist) - Former Adventist pastor who became an atheist after an experimental "year without God" [6]
- Dan Peterson (Mormon) - Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University [7]
- Vivianne Crowley (Pagan) - High Priestess of Wicca, professor at King's College London. Author, DruidCraft and Wicca: The Old Religion In the New Millennium [8]
- Bristol Palin (Family Channel) - Author (with Nancy French) of Not Afraid of Life; daughter of former US Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin [9]
- Frank Schaeffer (Progressive Christian) - Author, Crazy for God and Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God [10]
- Hemant Mehta (Atheist) - Author, I Sold My Soul on eBay and Young Atheist’s Survival Guide; creator of the top atheist blog on the web [11]
- Richard Ostling (Public Square) - Pulitzer-nominated journalist, winner of Religion Newswriters Association Lifetime Achievement Award [12]
- Scot McKnight (Evangelical) - Seminary professor, author of over fifty titles primarily on the New Testament and historical Jesus [13]
- Greg Kandra (Catholic) - Former writer and producer for CBS News, now a deacon in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn [14]
- Benjamin L. Corey (Progressive Christian) - Anabaptist Missiologist; author, Undiluted: Rediscovering the Radical Message of Jesus. [15]
- Frank Viola (Evangelical) - Author, The Day I Met Jesus and From Eternity to Here [16]
Awards
Five Patheos Catholic bloggers were honored with Catholic Press Awards in 2015. [10]
Former Quiverfull member Vyckie Garrison, who blogs in the Spirituality and Atheist Channels, was named Atheist of the Year for 2014 by American Atheists. [11]
Notes
- ^ "PATHEOS, INC".
- ^ "Patheos.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ^ Electa Draper (May 10, 2009). "Couple's site invites others on spiritual quest". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ David Ian Miller (May 18, 2009). "Not all who wander are lost". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ Alexa.com (27 June 2015). "Site Overview: Patheos.com". Alexa.com. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ Emily W. Jensen (June 9, 2009). "Bloggernacle Back Bench: Patheos.com, He Said/She Said"". The Deseret News. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ a b Jeninne Lee-St. John (May 5, 2009). "What Do Religions Believe? A Website with Answers"". TIME. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Time Religion Site Info". TIME.com. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
- ^ "Finding your own spiritual path(eos)". Religion News Service. May 22, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ Catholic Press Association (27 June 2015). "2015 Catholic Press Awards" (PDF). Catholic Press Association. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ Neil Carter (April 7, 2015). "Congratulations to Vyckie Garrison, the 2014 "Atheist of the Year!"". Patheos.
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