Articles of interest about the virus & religion – August 12

***THE VIRUS

Coronavirus may spread much farther than 6 feet in indoor spaces with poor ventilation

Experts Predict What Life Will Be Like After A COVID-19 Vaccine

Certain face masks may be worse than no mask at all, preliminary Duke study finds

Why does COVID-19 strike some and not others? Fauci sees an answer in new study

Singers Can Be Coronavirus Superspreaders, Say Experts

Performative masculinity is making American men sick (opinion)

***RELIGION & THE VIRUS

Judge issues order shutting down church crowded unmasked indoor services

Kenneth Copeland holding in-person event for more than 2,000

Almost 100 people in Ohio were infected with coronavirus after man attended church service

Hundreds gather at Portland waterfront, without masks, to see controversial worship leader

Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark? Only at the Science-Free Creation Museum

***RELIGION 

US Capitol to install statue of Rev. Billy Graham 

Harvest Bible Church fires 2 workers over hazing at its youth summer camp Involving Pain Cream on Genitals 

***RELIGION AND POLITICS

How Megachurches Spent Coronavirus Relief Funds

Viral Video of Portland Protesters ‘Burning Bibles’ Was Actually Russian Propaganda

‘Evangelicals for Trump’ event exceeds gathering limit; Ahern Hotel fined for violating Gov. Sisolak’s directive

Lincoln Project Joins Evangelicals In Anti-Trump Push

Trump, at risk of losing white evangelicals, attacks Biden on God

Franklin Graham announces national prayer march in Washington

Republicans more open to in-person worship, but most oppose religious exemptions from COVID restrictions

***RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS

Hundreds of Positions Eliminated at Evangelical Colleges and Universities

Board of evangelical Liberty University names interim leader while Jerry Falwell Jr. on leave

***RELIGION & RACIAL ISSUES 

The Theological Roots of White Supremacy

Southern Baptists confront the church's history of racism and slaveholding. For some members, it's not enough.

A Look at Christian Nationalism, Donald Trump and White Evangelicals ($)

***RELIGION IN COURT

Faith-Based Foster Care Waiver Fight Proceeds in South Carolina

***NAZARENE  

Nazarene youth pastor and 11-year-old boy drown at church outing

Nazarene Pastor Arrested For Allegedly Transporting Child Pornography

Longtime Mount Vernon Nazarene University volleyball head coach found guilty of Gross Sexual Imposition

***CATHOLIC

Catholic Churches Drop Hymns After Accusations Against Composer