Interview
Oil Patch Religion: How a Passion for Crude Shaped American Faith
By Eric C. MillerEssay
Moscow's Patriarch Eyes Paris, and an Orthodox Battle Brews
By Katherine KelaidisExcerpt
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-Fitzsimmons
Essay
The Politics of Rachel Held Evans
The late author’s politics were personal, theological, radical, and compassionate.
By Mihee Kim-Kort
Report
The Rise of #Exvangelical
The online movement of former evangelicals offers resources for both support and activism.
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 StrawLinks on R&P from around the web
Behold, The Millennial Nuns
from HuffPostWhen ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is Invoked in the Abortion Debate
from The New York Times“Our Duty to Fight”: The Rise of Militant Buddhism
from The New York TimesThe Curious Mystical Text Behind Marianne Williamson’s Presidential Bid
from The New York TimesPreaching Faith in Democracy
from The New York TimesProtesters shut down traffic in Boston over detention centers
from The Boston GlobeFear, Misinformation, and Measles Spread in Brooklyn
from WiredThe Global Refugee Crisis Hit a Record High. The U.S. Welcome for the Persecuted Is at a Record Low.
from Christianity Today
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