Report
American Muslim Politicians: A New Generation on the Campaign Trail
By Monique ParsonsInterview
What Is the Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition?
By Eric C. MillerEditor’s Note
Honoring the Latest Lives Callously Stolen by Hate
By Marie GriffithReview
A Text That Preaches: The Late James Cone’s Final Book Arrives
By Yolanda Pierce
Report
A Kind of Homelessness: Evangelicals of Color in the Trump Era
“A lot of folks are saying that ‘If this is what evangelical means, then I’m not that.’ So we are becoming spiritually homeless.”
By Melani McAlister
Essay
The Politicization of the Catholic Clergy Abuse Crisis
The Catholic right is waging a campaign against Pope Francis.
By John Gehring
Essay
What the Brett Kavanaugh Protests Revealed about Mormonism and Women
We have a difficult time incorporating theologically conservative women into political narratives.
By Kristine Wright
Essay
Football and the Political Act of Prayer
In football, prayer is—and has always been—political.
By Paul Putz
Review
Russia’s Journey from Orthodoxy to Atheism, and Back Again
A review of Victoria Smolkin’s new book, “A Sacred Space is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism.”
By Gene ZubovichLinks on R&P from around the web
Anti-Semitism Casts Long Shadows Over Jewish Festival of Lights
from Religion News ServiceGOP Lawmakers’ Reality: They Won’t Cut Planned Parenthood
from POLITICOFacing the Flock
from The Washington PostAdvent, Explained
from VoxHow a Corporation Convinced American Jews to Reach for Crisco
from NPRThomas Altizer, 91, Proponent of “God Is Dead” Theology, Dies
from The New York TimesGeorge H.W. Bush Helped Lead GOP Toward Evangelicalism
from The Washington PostProsecutors in Abuse Case Search Office of Major U.S. Cardinal
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