{"id":2442,"date":"2008-12-04T13:56:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-04T13:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/12\/jessica-simpson-to-study-relig.html"},"modified":"2008-12-04T13:56:59","modified_gmt":"2008-12-04T13:56:59","slug":"jessica-simpson-to-study-relig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/12\/jessica-simpson-to-study-relig.html","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Simpson to Study Religion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jessica-simpsonpic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/jessica-simpsonpic.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Although many people will probably laugh off reports that actress\/singer Jessica Simpson is interested in returning to college to study theology, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/12032008\/gossip\/pagesix\/the_faith_of_tv_141924.htm\" target=\"_blank\">as reported by Marie Clair via The New York Post&#8217;s Page Six<\/a>, religion has always been a part of the blonde bombshell&#8217;s roots.<br \/>\nIn addition to being manager to Jessica and sister Ashlee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,197060,00.html?sPage=fnc\/entertainment\/celebrity\/simpson\" target=\"_blank\">their father Joe is a Baptist minister.<\/a> Their mother is a former Sunday school teacher. And, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/11\/jessica-simpsons-gospel-backgr.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica got her start in gospel music<\/a>&#8211;she was signed to a Christian label as a teen and recorded an album, but the label went under before it was released. Jessica then released it herself. She was eventually signed to Columbia Records as a mainstream artist (she was pitched as a Christian recording artist, but the label decided not to go that route).<br \/>\nPersonally, I think it&#8217;s great that Jessica is &#8220;contemplating&#8221; taking a course in religion. What I find a bit sketchy, however, is that she&#8217;s been influenced by the popular fiction novel, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Da_Vinci_Code\" target=\"_blank\">The Da Vinci Code.&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;I remember whenever the book The Da Vinci Code came out, the Discovery Channel did this three-night piece on it that I Tivoed and then watched eight times,&#8221; Jessica told Marie Claire.<br \/>\nYou can check out the full interview with Jessica Simpson in the magazine&#8217;s January issue.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/jessica-simpson\/46507\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/person\/jessica-simpson\/46507\/351x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Jessica Simpson at LocateTV.com\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although many people will probably laugh off reports that actress\/singer Jessica Simpson is interested in returning to college to study theology, as reported by Marie Clair via The New York Post&#8217;s Page Six, religion has always been a part of the blonde bombshell&#8217;s roots. 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