The #GovernmentShutdown: A Reader

On October 1, 2013, Congress could not agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government and it led to a shutdown. We here at Rhetoric Race and Religion decided to collect writings that examined the shutdown through the lens of religion and spirituality. We invite you to share your own writing or others by contacting us at rhetoricraceandreligion@gmail.com on Twitter @examinereligion or Facebook. Enjoy

1. Governments are People Too: Augustinian Thoughts on the Shutdown
2. What kind of Baptists are we?
3. Government Shutdown: It’s Not About the Economy, Stupid. In America It’s Always About God
4. The Theology of Government Shutdown: Christian Dominionism
5. Religious Groups Feel the Pinch of Government Shutdown
6. The God of No Compromise and the Government Shutdown
7. #Jesus, Lepers and #Healthcare-Pt.1
8. Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown
9. Apocalyptic Christian Theology’s Role in Gov Shutdown
10. Shutdown Highlights Lack of Public Identification with Government
11. Ted Cruz Anointed by Antigay, Pro-Religious War Pastor
12. Jim Wallis on the Shutdown: ‘It’s Unbiblical’
13. Branco Cartoon – Liberation Theology
14. Cruz Says God Is In Control Of Shutdown: ‘His Will Be Done As It Will Be’
15. The HHS Mandate and The Creepy Government Shutdown
16. Christian delusions are driving the GOP insane
17. The True Religion of the Tea Party
18. An Unexpected Downfall: Government Shutdown and Religion
19. Plantation Politics: Race, Gender, Religion and the Far Right
20. How are Sen. Ted Cruz’s religious beliefs driving government shutdown push?
21.Shutdown is Over, But There Will Be a Next Time
22. Obama’s Religious Intolerance is Evident in Government Shutdown
23. Remembering Christian principles after shutdown
24. The Senate chaplain and the shutdown