Archives: November 2012
Profile
A Scholarly and Judaic Approach to Political Punditry
Brooke Baldwin, CNN’s news anchor, was chagrined. During the presidential election, despite a plethora of fact checking of candidates’ statements from both political parties and … By Robert Israel
Essay
The Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, amid air faintly fetid from thousands of corpses waiting to be reburied, Edward Everett delivered a two-hour oration at the dedication … By John Stauffer
Report
Can There Be a Religious Response to Planned Parenthood’s Critics?
On most days, when she arrives at the Planned Parenthood clinic she directs in Washington, D.C., Dr. Laura Meyers passes through a wall of Operation … By Mara Willard
Excerpt
How Mormons Became American
Acentury ago, it was once a simple matter to assume a norm for American culture and situate the Mormon well outside it. Polygamy was likened … By Terryl Givens
Essay
The End Is Always with Us: The 40th Anniversary of “A Thief in the Night”
I hadn’t heard the song that opens the 1972 Christian apocalyptic film A Thief in the Night in decades, and my impression of it was: … By Amy Frykholm
Editor’s Note
The Best of R&P’s Election Coverage
Did you miss any of R&P’s campaign coverage? To mark this November 6th, we bring you our favorite election-themed articles since our launch six months … By The Editors
Interview
The Election By the Numbers: An Interview with Robert P. Jones
Robert P. Jones is the founding CEO of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and education organization that works at the intersection … By Tiffany Stanley
Report
The Sunday Before the Election
In the days before the 2012 general election, we dispatched writers from around the country to attend houses of worship from California to Connecticut. They … By The Editors