News to Cromley (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Today’s idea: Glenn Beck’s conversion to the Mormon faith “corresponds precisely” with his rise as a media force, an article says — and may explain his teary sentimentality. N. Roberts for The New York TimesLatter-Day commentator.Politics | On the Web site Religion Dispatches, Joanna Brooks (raised an orthodox Mormon) says it was Glenn Beck’s late 1990s...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
From Alternet comes an improbable but entertaining pathologization of popular FOX talk show host Glenn Beck. According to San Jose State University professor, Joanna Brooks, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints didn't just save Beck's soul. It changed his affect and sense of self in ways that can't be explained as the simple consequences of cutting out coffee: "I was baptized...
Burning Cane (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Like many viewers, I assumed Glenn Back was just a lunatic dedicated to reviving McCarthyism. While this is true, it's not the whole story. This piece by Joanna Brooks appeared in the religion dispatches blog. ey How Mormonism Built Glenn Beck Glenn Beck leans forward on his elbows. His voice hushes. His eyes grow red at the corners. He presses his lips together and clears his throat....
