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The Book of Mormon Gets the Literary Treatment
At long last, the American Scripture is becoming literature.
By Grant Shreve
Interview
Healing a House Divided: An Interview with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
The Episcopal leader urges the nation to move beyond polarization.
By Marie Griffith
Excerpt
Recalling the Spiritual Vision of Robert Hayden, America’s First Black Poet Laureate
An adapted excerpt from Josef Sorett’s “Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics”
By Josef Sorett
Review
With “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Theocracy Arrives on the Small Screen
Margaret Atwood’s classic is fiction. But for countless women, its threats are real.
By Gordon Haber
Essay
Reinhold Niebuhr, Washington’s Favorite Theologian
He has experienced something of a renaissance since 9/11.
By Gene Zubovich
Essay
The Theology of Stephen K. Bannon
His religious ideology combines aspects of Christianity with far-right nationalism, Islamophobia, and pseudo-historical narratives.
By Hugh Urban
Review
The Bioethics of Neil Gorsuch
Gorsuch’s book, “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” is a resounding rebuke of the legalization of aid in dying.
By Ann Neumann
Interview
The Pursuit of a Meaningful Life: An Interview with Emily Esfahani Smith
Instead of spending our lives chasing happiness, we should get to work creating meaning.
By Eric C. Miller
Review
The Clash Between Religious Freedom and Equality Law
It’s easy, in the current American political climate, to see religious freedom and LGBT rights as two opposing values, permanently in conflict with each other.
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Essay
Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court, and Religious Freedom
Were our politics not dysfunctional, Gorsuch would be confirmed—as Scalia was—unanimously.
By Richard W. Garnett