Excerpt
What Past Attacks on Mormons and Catholics Teach Us About the Threat to Muslims
By Steven WaldmanEssay
Is This the Religious Left's Kairos Moment?
By Guthrie Graves-FitzsimmonsEssay
The Politics of Rachel Held Evans
By Mihee Kim-KortReport
The Rise of #Exvangelical
By Bradley Onishi
Report
How Myanmar’s Kachin Baptists Keep the Faith Far From the Homeland
After escaping persecution in Myanmar, Kachin Americans consider new questions about their ethnic heritage and Christian faith.
By Shira Telushkin
Interview
Higher Education in a Time of Protest: A Conversation with Robert George and Cornel West
The two thinkers share a deep friendship despite their differences.
By Marie Griffith
Report
Is Schism Inevitable for the United Methodist Church?
The denomination appears more divided than ever on LGBT rights.
By Shannon Craig Straw
Interview
The American Church's Complicity in Racism: A Conversation with Jemar Tisby
Tisby discusses his new book, “The Color of Compromise.”
By Eric C. Miller
Excerpt
How Prominent Women Built and Sustained the Religious Right
An excerpt from Emily Suzanne Johnson’s new book, “This Is Our Message: Women’s Leadership in the New Christian Right.”
By Emily JohnsonLinks on R&P from around the web
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from Christianity TodayJoe Biden and other candidates speak to diverse faith leaders, activists
from Religion News ServiceNew documentary on Charleston church shooting explores idea of forgiveness
from The Washington PostHer Evangelical Megachurch Was Her World. Then Her Daughter Said She Was Molested by a Minister.
from The New York TimesThe Crusading Bloggers Exposing Abuse in Protestant Churches
from The Washington PostDavid Platt Asks God to Grant Trump “All the Grace He Needs to Govern”
from Christianity TodayW.Va. Bishop Gave Powerful Cardinals and Other Priests $350,000 in Cash Gifts Before his Ouster, Church Records Show
from The Washington Post
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