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QAnon’s “Messianic Secret”
Donald Trump has not rebuked his QAnon supporters—or the Christians among them.
By Gregory Alan ThornburyReport
The Eagle Scout and the President: What a Utah Politician Tells Us about LDS Ambivalence to Trump
Republican candidate Spencer Cox epitomizes Mormon masculinity.
By Tamarra KemsleyEssay
The Book of Ruth: Justice Ginsburg on Religious Freedom
The late justice was deeply committed to religious freedom too.
By Ronit Y. StahlEssay
Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Would Be a Major Victory for the Christian Legal Movement
These conservative Christians consider the Supreme Court nominee to be one of their own.
By Daniel BennettEssay
White Evangelicals and the New American Exceptionalism of Donald Trump
The president’s “1776 Commission” marks a turning point in his rhetoric.
By Abram Van EngenInterview
The New Godless Religions: An Interview with Tara Isabella Burton
Tara Isabella Burton discusses her new book, “Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World.”
By Kenneth E. FrantzEssay
The Pandemic Created a Surge in Homeschooling—and Concerns about the Movement’s Christian Culture
There are benefits to homeschooling, but there are also troubling messages about religion, race, and history within the Christian homeschooling movement.
By Elena TruebaReview
Imagining a “Judeo-Christian” Nation
A review of K. Healan Gaston’s book, “Imagining Judeo-Christian America: Religion, Secularism, and the Redefinition of Democracy.”
By Gene ZubovichEssay
For Neil Gorsuch, Religious Freedom Hasn’t Gone Far Enough
The justice gives the widest possible latitude to claims about what constitutes the free exercise of religion.
By Jenna ReinboldReview
A Century of Women’s Suffrage
What happened during elections after women won the right to vote?
By Janelle Peters