Features
Americans have never agreed on what religious freedom means
Being Muslim at an American airport
On Luther and his lies
Books
The rise and fall of Emmanuel Carrère’s faith
The Kingdom is a mess, but it refuses to be wholly dismissed.
What’s behind the New Testament?
There is abundant documentation of the intertestamental period. We just haven't read it.
The resentment that capitalist modernity leaves in its wake
What do terrorists and populist nationalists have in common? They're fueled by inequality.
The radiance of religious poetry
Two anthologies locate grace in unexpected places.
Pauli Murray’s many identities
The first black female Episcopal priest was also an early proponent of ideas that would develop into black feminism, intersectionality, and more.
Safe spaces in dangerous places
Laura Kipnis, sexual assault, and the question of female agency
Departments
8 recent films that take on the church
The Fire Within; Sky Steps, by Sukey Bryan
What I found when I packed up my office
How should campus sexual assault accusations be judged?
The military doesn't own the American flag
News
Héctor Rodríguez, Honduran pastor, reaches out to gang members
In a neighborhood controlled by gangs, Rodríguez ministers to their families—and sometimes the men themselves.
Firebrand Roy Moore wins GOP primary runoff
Moore first gained notoriety when, as Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, he displayed a Ten Commandments monument in the state judicial building.
When violence invades sacred spaces
A recent shooting at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, raises questions of safety in places of worship.
How Nadia Murad became the reluctant champion of Yazidi suffering and resilience
Murad has traveled to more than two dozen countries to tell her story of being an ISIS captive.
Muslim college purchases Berkeley campus that was Lutheran seminary
Sale follows PLTS move to downtown office building
Life in a fishbowl: Survey reveals stresses and joys of pastors’ spouses
Despite the challenges, a majority of those married to clergy report satisfaction with their lives.
Idaho town stares down so-called Aryan church—and wins
At first, the community ignored the preacher's Sunday sermons promoting a “White People’s Republic” in the Northwest. Then they organized against him.
God vs. gang? For some in El Salvador, rehab happens at church
More than 400 ex-members say that Protestant groups have helped them leave the gangs.