Essay
Southern Baptists, Gender Hierarchy, and the Road to Trump
By Marie GriffithEssay
Evangelicals and Pentecostals Must Do More to Help Immigrants
By Arlene Sanchez-Walsh and Lloyd BarbaEssay
New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King
By Lerone A. MartinEssay
The Christian Nationalism of Donald Trump
By Gene Zubovich
Essay
Masterpiece Cakeshop: Meet the Christian Legal Group Behind the High-Profile Court Case
Alliance Defending Freedom has become one of the most influential legal interest groups in the United States.
By Daniel Bennett
Essay
Sexual Purity, #ChurchToo, and the Crisis of Male Evangelical Leadership
In this unprecedented cultural moment, evangelical women are speaking out.
By Sara Moslener
Essay
What Malcolm X Taught Me About Muslim America
The racialization of Islam has obscured both the diversity of Muslim America, and the tensions that accompany that diversity.
By Yasmine Flodin-Ali
Report
In Jerusalem, a New Embassy Highlights Old Divisions
As violence roiled Gaza 40 miles away, the embassy inauguration seemed like nothing so much as a show—a piece of elaborate political theater.
By Michael Schulson
Interview
The Salvation of Langston Hughes: A Conversation with Wallace Best
The religious dimensions of his work deserve exploration.
By Josef SorettLinks on R&P from around the web
Michigan Democrat Likely to Be First Muslim Woman Elected to Congress
from CNNHe’s a Superstar Pastor. She Worked for Him and Says He Groped Her Repeatedly.
from The New York TimesAt Prayer Breakfast, Guests Seek Access to a Different Higher Power
from The New York TimesWhy Some Christians Don’t Believe in Gun Control
from The Washington PostWhy Did Trump Discuss Two Black Pastors on his Recorded Call with Michael Cohen?
from The Washington PostBrownback Opens Religious Freedom Summit with Plea to Fight Persecution
from Religion News ServiceJudgment Days
from The Washington PostTrump Tweets Explosive Threat to Iran
from CNN
Writers tell us stories about where they discovered religion and politics in their states.
Ohio
An Atheist Finds (Some) Reasons to Believe in Her Old Church.
By Sarah StankorbLouisiana
A French Teacher Lives Among the Cajuns.
By Max Perry MuellerNebraska
A Cornhusker Prays with FCA.
By Paul Putz