Articles of Interest about Religion - Dec 27

***RELIGION 

The Business of Evangelical Book Publishing Is Business Or is it faith? Or some complex combination of both? https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/evangelicals-incorporated-books-business-daniel-vaca.html

Died: Reinhard Bonnke, Record-Setting Evangelist to Africa https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/december/reinhard-bonnke-died-evangelist-christ-for-all-nations-afri.html

Christian Book Club Morphs Into Opioid Support Group  https://www.npr.org/2019/12/24/791030109/christian-book-club-morphs-into-opioid-support-group

Small Churches Struggle To Find Organists And Pianists https://www.npr.org/2019/12/24/791030186/small-churches-struggle-to-find-organists-and-pianists

Louisiana Church Filled A Plane With Holy Water And Blessed A Whole Community https://www.npr.org/2019/12/23/790973698/louisiana-church-filled-a-plane-with-holy-water-and-blessed-a-whole-community

10 religious influencers who died in the decade: 2010-2019 https://religionnews.com/2019/12/26/10-religious-influencers-who-died-in-the-decade-2010-2019/

***RELIGION AND POLITICS

Christian Post editor leaves over editorial 'that positions them on Team Trump' https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/475813-christian-post-editor-leaves-over-op-ed-that-positions-them-on

Study Shows White Evangelicals Want Christian Supremacy, Not “Religious Freedom” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/23/white-evangelicals-fear-atheists-democrats-would-strip-away-their-rights-why/

G.O.P. Lawmaker Had Visions of a Christian Alternative Government  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/us/matt-shea-washington-extremism.html

Backlash to Pete Buttigieg’s Christmas tweet and the religious divide it exposes https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/26/backlash-pete-buttigiegs-christmas-tweet-religious-divide-it-exposes/

One surprisingly simple reason evangelicals love Trumphttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/27/21038031/white-evangelicals-trump-immigration-election-2020

How divided are evangelicals over Trump? http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/how-divided-are-evangelicals-over-trump-75737157711

***CHRISTIANITY TODAY MAGAZINE 

Christianity Today says Trump should be removed https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html  

Christianity Today receives boost in new subscriptions after calling for Trump's removal, editor in chief says https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/22/christianity-today-receives-boost-in-subscriptions-after-call-for-trump-removal.html

Christianity Today again slams Trump, raises issue of Unconditional Loyalty https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion/christianity-today-again-slams-trump-raises-issue-of-unconditional-loyalty-idUSKBN1YS06F

The War Between Christian Papers Over Trump Is Escalating https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/m7qaev/the-war-between-christian-papers-over-trump-is-escalating

***RELIGION & THE LAW 

Supreme Court to Rule on Exception to Work Bias Laws for Religious Schools  https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper

Lawsuit: Muslim employee fired after asking off for a religious holiday https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article238590968.html

***DENOMINATIONS

EFCA defends removing 'premillennial' from statement of faith: not an 'essential' doctrine https://www.christianpost.com/news/efca-defends-removing-premillennial-from-statement-of-faith-not-an-essential-doctrine.html

Texas megachurch votes to leave UMC over homosexuality debate https://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-megachurch-votes-to-leave-umc-over-homosexuality-debate.html

The SBC Has a Sex-Abuse Problem (sub. requ’ed)  https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sbc-has-a-sex-abuse-problem-11577400072

Interfaith leader reaches settlement in United Methodist Church sexual harassment case https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-rev-bud-heckman-interfaith-leader-reaches-settlement-in-united-methodist-church-sexual-harassment-case/

***CATHOLIC

Many Catholics in Latin America support allowing priests to marry  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/12/20/many-catholics-in-latin-america-including-a-majority-in-brazil-support-allowing-priests-to-marry/

Disgraced Former Cardinal Made Payments To Vatican Officials During Sex Abuse Case https://www.npr.org/2019/12/27/791918087/disgraced-former-cardinal-made-payments-to-vatican-officials-during-sex-abuse-ca