Essay
The Religious and Anti-Chinese Roots of "Replacement" Theory
By Kathryn Gin LumEssay
Dobbs and Fetal Personhood
By M. Cathleen KavenyEssay
The Women Left Behind by the Pro-Life Movement
By Beth Allison BarrEssay
The Supreme Court Is Decimating Public Education as a Common Good
By Ronit Y. Stahl
Essay
Separation of Church and State Has Always Been Good for Religion
The decree of those six justices wasn’t just anti-American – it was also anti-religious.
By Ed Simon
Report
Can AIPAC Still Claim the Middle Ground?
The influential Jewish lobbying group has controversially backed Republicans who refused to certify the 2020 presidential election.
By Jane Eisner
Essay
Banning Nancy Pelosi from Communion May Have Backfired
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone banned Nancy Pelosi from receiving communion in his San Francisco diocese. But his real showdown is with Rome and the other bishops.
By David Gibson
Essay
King and Today's Global Democratic Struggles
King’s vision was for us to create a better democratic majority through protest and negotiations.
By Randal Maurice Jelks
Interview
Why Trump's MAGA Resonates With White Christian Nationalism
Yale University sociologist Philip S. Gorski says that people “need to be prepared for what’s coming.”
By Eric C. MillerLinks on R&P from around the web
Google’s Caste-Bias Problem
from The New YorkerIn Kansas abortion vote, a blow to Catholic bishops’ political strategy
from Religion News ServiceShinzo Abe’s Assassin and Japan’s Complicated Spirituality
from The New YorkerPope Francis’ apology to Indigenous Peoples in Canada
from AmericaIs Abortion Sacred?
from The New YorkerMany anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals
from The ConversationWhy Silicon Valley is fertile ground for obscure religious beliefs
from VoxReactions to the End of Roe Reveal Divisions Between Religious Leaders
from TIME
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