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Essay
How One Purist Tried to Save the Religious Right from the Republicans
Then, as now, the movement largely chose relevance, thinking it was better to be a power player accused of hypocrisy than to be uncompromised, but irrelevant.
By Daniel Silliman
Essay
Breaking the Ten Commandments: A Short History of the Contentious American Monuments
Where once the biblical passages were an anchor of the nation’s identity, they have now become the stuff of controversy and even rupture.
By Jenna Weissman Joselit
Editor’s Note
The Morality Tale of Health Care Reform
Religious leaders have been at the forefront of the resistance to the GOP’s repeal and replace bills.
By Marie Griffith
Review
“Evangelical” Is Not a Political Term
Yet the temptation for those writing about evangelicals today is to allow the political part—like the fact that 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump—to stand in for the whole.
By Neil J. Young
Essay
Why I Went Back to Church
I owe it to my daughter, my father, and Donald Trump.
By Max Perry Mueller
Report
Where Do Pro-Life Feminists Belong?
Feminism has long been synonymous with abortion rights. But what about pro-life women who identify as feminists? Should they use the label? And are they welcome in the Democratic Party?
By Ellen Duffer
Report
Leading Group for Church Abuse Victims Faces Uncertain Future
SNAP has endured a string of recent setbacks, including a lawsuit and two high-profile resignations.
By Lilly Fowler
Review
The New Christian Zionists
The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on Israel & the Land Edited by Gerald R. McDermott InterVarsity, 2016 There is a joke that Israelis like …
By Dan Hummel
Report
Trinity Lutheran: The Church-State Case Looms at the Supreme Court
The ruling could have powerful implications for the separation of church and state and the funding of religious schools.
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Interview
How American Jews Became Israeli Settlers
In a new book, “City on a Hilltop,” historian Sara Yael Hirschhorn tries to understand what brought Americans Jews to the most contentious real estate on earth—and how their presence there shapes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Michael Schulson