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The Politics of Religious Freedom Under the Trump Administration
By Jacob LupferEssay
Brett Kavanaugh, Christian Conservatives, and the Art of the Deal
By Daniel BennettEssay
Football and the Political Act of Prayer
By Paul PutzReport
A Kind of Homelessness: Evangelicals of Color in the Trump Era
By Melani McAlister
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New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King
Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau’s campaign to destroy King’s reputation.
By Lerone A. Martin
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Evangelicals and Pentecostals Must Do More to Help Immigrants
They have become unmoored from any deep theological tradition regarding immigration. They need to develop a systematic response to state injustices.
By Arlene Sanchez-Walsh and Lloyd Barba
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The Christian Nationalism of Donald Trump
The Christian debate over globalism and nationalism is nothing new.
By Gene Zubovich
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How These Muslim Women Became NYC Civic Leaders
A new report measures Muslim contributions to New York City.
By Elisabeth Becker
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Southern Baptists, Gender Hierarchy, and the Road to Trump
Many Southern Baptists in the 1970s supported abortion rights and gender equality. What happened?
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from Chicago TribuneU.S. Catholic Church Creates New Process for Reporting Misconduct by its Bishops
from The Washington PostSex Abuse Scandal Deepens Divide Over Gay Priests
from NPRIn Israel, a Conservative Rabbi’s Arrest Reopens Religious Freedom Debate
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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