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June Religion Journalists’ Roundtable |
June 28, 2019 |
We hear about rollbacks on religious exemptions for vaccines, recent Supreme Court cases, and more. Plus, TV shows exploring the relationship between faith and sexuality. |
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June Roundtable |
June 28, 2019 |
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Our panelists start with the Supreme Court, and its determination that a 40-foot-high cross on federal land is constitutional. They then tackle other faith-related cases, and the Democratic presidential candidates’ performances at a forum of religious activists. We also discuss how states are beginning to roll back religious exemptions to vaccines. They then consider the proceedings of two major religious conferences in June -- of the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops and the Southern Baptist Convention. Both groups are grappling with sexual abuse – but not in a way that satisfies activists on the issue. We then consider anti-government protesters in mostly non-Christian Hong Kong, and why they have adopted a Christian hymn as their rallying cry.
Kelsey Dallas, The Deseret News
Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service
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Religion meets Sexuality... on TV |
June 28, 2019 |
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Kimberly Winston considers two recent television shows with fascinating examinations of religion, especially the role sexuality plays in religion. The first is Fleabag, a wickedly dark comedy in which a young English woman who lacks faith falls in love with a priest. The second is Gentleman Jack, a historial drama based on the decoded diaries of Anne Lister, a landed gentlewoman who lived in 19th century Halifax and accepted herself as both a lesbian and devout Anglican.
Kimberly Winston, freelance religion journalist
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