Essay
Who Benefits from Conflicts Over Religious Freedom?
By Jenna ReinboldEssay
Marianne Williamson's Unorthodox Campaign
By Kira Ganga KiefferEssay
Loving Us, Hating Them: How Trump Uses Jews to Divide a Nation
By Moshe KornfeldReport
The Vatican Draws a Line on Gender, and Transgender Catholics Push Back
By Bonnie Horgos
Interview
First They Came for the Buddhists: Faith, Citizenship, and the Internment Camps
Duncan Ryūken Williams discusses his new book, “American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War.”
By Eric C. Miller
Editor’s Note
Time for Deeper Conversations Around "Heartbeat" Bills
Many subtle and principled religious viewpoints, some leaning toward and others leaning away from further regulation of abortion, are not represented in today’s public debate.
By Marie Griffith
Report
A Push to Deny Muslims Religious Freedom Gains Steam
Once a theory of the conservative fringe, the argument that Islam isn’t a religion is threatening religious liberty – and becoming more mainstream.
By Aysha Khan
Essay
Dangerous Logic at the Border: Religion and the Travel Ban
Religion, race, and national security are entangled in the history of American foreign and immigration policy.
By Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Report
Will Young Evangelicals Come Back to Church?
Many young, white evangelical Christians aren’t showing up at church. Leaders want to know where they’ve gone, why they left, and how to win them back.
By Myriam RenaudLinks on R&P from around the web
Baby Food, Bassinets and Talk of Salvation: Inside an Evangelical Pregnancy Center
from The New York TimesHow Pete Buttigieg found God
from CNNWhite evangelicals once admitted they were wrong about Nixon. Will Trump come next?
from The Washington Post‘He gets it’: Evangelicals aren’t turned off by Trump’s first term
from The Washington PostThe New Hate Pastors
from SlateIn a Suffering City, an El Paso Priest Needed a Message of Hope
from The New York TimesThe Devil’s Bargain
from The BelieverELCA declares self a ‘sanctuary church body,’ marches to ICE building in Milwaukee
from Religion News Service
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