Two major reasons I got the faith-based beat, such as it is:
1. I studied religion in college to the point of almost minoring in it. My initial interest was to see just how much of it wasn't "real," but it brought me to an appreciation of how it develops and as a history of thought processes, as well as the very practical reasons some rules came to be that don't necessarily apply today.
Plus Irish Catholic elementary schooling gave me quite the background.
2. At Forbes, i could only cover movies Scott Mendelson didn't. Given that we know Scott Mendelson covers danged near EVERYTHING, finding a niche he didn't want was tough. Religious and right-wing movies (which are often one and the same in the US) were about the only one. And I might as well keep using that obtained knowledge for something.
Two major reasons I got the faith-based beat, such as it is:
1. I studied religion in college to the point of almost minoring in it. My initial interest was to see just how much of it wasn't "real," but it brought me to an appreciation of how it develops and as a history of thought processes, as well as the very practical reasons some rules came to be that don't necessarily apply today.
Plus Irish Catholic elementary schooling gave me quite the background.
2. At Forbes, i could only cover movies Scott Mendelson didn't. Given that we know Scott Mendelson covers danged near EVERYTHING, finding a niche he didn't want was tough. Religious and right-wing movies (which are often one and the same in the US) were about the only one. And I might as well keep using that obtained knowledge for something.
My own favorite thing I wrote this week is this:
https://youtu.be/wcuoBF04Rxc?si=WYyYZWm-CdRMBB7C