Essay
Abortion Through the Lens of Germany’s (Catholic) Compromise
By Mark W. RocheInterview
Is Religion Good for Democracy? An Interview with Robert Wuthnow
By Kenneth E. FrantzEssay
Why Creationism Appears in Debates About Scientific Racism
By Adam R. ShapiroEssay
The 20-Year Media Spectacle of Saving Afghan Women
By Tazeen M. Ali
Interview
Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe’s Faithful Quest to Heal a Divided World
The evangelical says, “I’m a climate scientist because I’m a Christian.”
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
The Religious Activism Behind U.S. Refugee Policy
Advocacy for (or against) particular refugee groups tends to follow sectarian and political allegiances.
By Lauren Turek
Report
Amid Covid Surge, Loved Ones Worry for These Unvaccinated Evangelicals
There is still vaccine skepticism among the faithful.
By Jason Koon
Review
Netflix’s “Pray Away” Confronts the Lies of the Ex-Gay Movement
The new documentary follows former leaders of Exodus International, a now-defunct organization of ex-gay ministries.
By Lynne Gerber
Report
The Changing Faces of American Rabbis
More diverse groups are joining the rabbinate across the United States.
By Nomi KaltmannLinks on R&P from around the web
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults
from ProPublicaFired After Endorsing Vaccines, Evangelical Insider Takes a Leadership Role
from The New York TimesThe Evangelical Church Is Breaking Apart
from The AtlanticFacebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show
from The Wall Street JournalOrthodox Church’s Top Patriarch to Visit U.S., Meet with Biden
from The Associated PressThe Future of Vaccine Mandates Will Likely Come Down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett
from VoxBiden to Meet with Pope, Push for Global Minimum Tax at G20 in Rome
from ReutersTop Democrats Woo Black Voters in Virginia Governor’s Race
from The Associated Press
Writers tell us stories about where they discovered religion and politics in their states.
Missouri
An Ozarks Native Crosses the Show Me State.
By Rachel McBride LindseyOhio
An Atheist Finds (Some) Reasons to Believe in Her Old Church.
By Sarah StankorbLouisiana
A French Teacher Lives Among the Cajuns.
By Max Perry Mueller