Report
How Religious Conservatives Are Grappling with Racism
By Josh M. ShepherdReview
Revisiting the Legacy of Howard Thurman, the Mystic of the Civil Rights Movement
By Gene ZubovichEssay
We Are All Evangelicals Now
By Janelle WongEssay
What the U.S. Catholic Church Gets Wrong About Native Dispossession
By Jack Downey and Kathleen Holscher
Report
What These Muslim Activists Found at the Women’s March
“Our faith calls for speaking out for justice, not just for our own community, but for others,” says Khadija Husain of the Muslim Women’s Alliance.
By Monique Parsons
Interview
What Is the Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition?
Paul Djupe talks about the new volume, “The Evangelical Crackup? The Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition.”
By Eric C. Miller
Report
Ahmadi Muslims Have a Storied American History—And a Legacy That Is Often Overlooked
Sectarian divides have often sidelined the contributions of Ahmadi Muslims to American Islam.
By Aysha Khan
Essay
The Politicization of the Catholic Clergy Abuse Crisis
The Catholic right is waging a campaign against Pope Francis.
By John Gehring
Review
A Text That Preaches: The Late James Cone’s Final Book Arrives
The black liberation theologian’s autobiography, “Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody,” was published posthumously.
By Yolanda PierceLinks on R&P from around the web
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from Associated PressImproper Voting Discovered at Methodist Vote on Gay Clergy
from The New York TimesChurch Elders Let Confessed Abuser Attend Services; Now Judge Has Banned Him
from Religion News ServicePope Francis to Open World War II-Era Vatican Archives to Scrutiny
from The Washington PostAnti-Muslim Signs at W. Va. Capitol Roil State, Draw Outrage
from The Associated PressUnited Methodists Pass Traditional Plan, Keep Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same-Sex Marriage
from Religion News ServiceAustralian Cardinal Pell, Top Vatican Official, Found Guilty of Sexual Abuse
from ReutersIn Fight Over Protestant-Only Foster Agency, Lawsuit Asks: Who is a Christian?
from Religion News Service
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