A new segment on recent religious-themed stories in the news! Fasting, Foxmania, halal tacos, mummified bodies, Trump worship, exvangelicals, the spiritual weirdness of airports, politics as religion, the Gates divorce, ancient goddesses and emotional men.
Links to our stories:
Orange County mosques, tacos, and vaccinations: https://religionnews.com/2021/04/28/how-a-halal-taco-truck-is-helping-vaccinate-muslims-in-orange-county/
Mummified body in Colorado home: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-carlson-remains-found-love-has-won-colorado-home-arrests/
Lawyer says capitol-rioter client had “Foxmania”: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anthony-antonio-foxmania-capitol_n_60946e8ee4b0ae3c687c07f1
Chaplains in America: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnd8e/why-chaplains-are-in-high-demand-in-an-increasingly-secular-america
Secular redemption through politics: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/america-politics-religion/618072/
Pastors are quitting: https://religionnews.com/2021/05/07/for-some-pastors-the-past-year-was-a-sign-that-it-was-time-to-quit/
Biden communion stories are stupid: https://religionnews.com/2021/05/04/the-biden-communion-stories-are-stupid/
Svengali-like executive coaches: https://hbr.org/2002/06/the-very-real-dangers-of-executive-coaching
John Piper’s son’s exvangelical TikTok: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/abraham-piper-tiktok-exvangelical.html; https://www.tiktok.com/@abrahampiper/video/6932509054828825861
White evangelicals don’t want the vaccine: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/us/covid-vaccine-evangelicals.html
Gates divorce: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/bill-melinda-gates-divorce-prenup-settlement.html
Lindsay Graham cannot live without Trump: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-trump-future_n_6094c57ce4b0f73e530b56d0; https://twitter.com/ericswalwell/status/1390486318568726529?s=20