#Faith2016 News Roundup (June 19)

(Note: This is part of a series of posts that highlight some of the best news and commentary writing on the role of faith in the 2016 election. See my previous posts from earlier in June.)

Here are some stories from the past week that I found especially interesting or insightful.

• Writing for The New York Times, Buzzfeed senior political writer McKay Coppins gives a good rundown of Trump’s Mormon problem.
  

  While Mormons make up only about 3 percent to 6 percent of the population in these states, the G.O.P. counts on them. They have high turnout and a reputation in campaign circles as top-notch canvassers unafraid of knocking on strangers’ doors. Their tightly networked communities constitute a reliable political fund-raising apparatus, thanks to the Romney campaign.

• The Southern Baptist Convention had its annual meeting in St. Louis June 14-15. NPR’s Sarah McCammon had a report about refugee resettlement efforts, one of several issues on which the SBC takes a different position than the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
• Echoing a theme I wrote about, Travis Loller of the Associated Press had a good story last week about how the SBC’s annual meeting was notably less political/partisan than a decade ago.
• Kelsey Dallas, faith reporter for Deseret News, wrote an interesting piece about presidential politics and marital infidelity, in light of the fact that such has been an issue in the Clintons’ and the Trump’s public profiles. As a bonus, since today is Father’s Day, see Dallas’ article on the role of modern fathers in their children’s faith formation.