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QAnon’s “Messianic Secret”
Donald Trump has not rebuked his QAnon supporters—or the Christians among them.
By Gregory Alan Thornbury
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The Book of Ruth: Justice Ginsburg on Religious Freedom
The late justice was deeply committed to religious freedom too.
By Ronit Y. Stahl
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Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Would Be a Major Victory for the Christian Legal Movement
These conservative Christians consider the Supreme Court nominee to be one of their own.
By Daniel Bennett
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White Evangelicals and the New American Exceptionalism of Donald Trump
The president’s “1776 Commission” marks a turning point in his rhetoric.
By Abram Van Engen
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The Pandemic Created a Surge in Homeschooling—and Concerns about the Movement’s Christian Culture
There are benefits to homeschooling, but there are also troubling messages about religion, race, and history within the Christian homeschooling movement.
By Elena Trueba
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For Neil Gorsuch, Religious Freedom Hasn’t Gone Far Enough
The justice gives the widest possible latitude to claims about what constitutes the free exercise of religion.
By Jenna Reinbold
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A Community Space Emerges in the Shadow of a Confederate Monument
Activists have reclaimed Robert E. Lee Circle as Marcus-David Peters Circle.
By Mark Valeri
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A Pastor’s Take: Repairing Democracy for Black Lives
The Rev. Andrew Wilkes refutes superficial calls to civility, even as he refuses to give up on love as a meaningful civic virtue.
By Andrew Wilkes
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Are Pandemic Protests the Newest Form of Science-Religion Conflict?
The protesters display more skepticism of government authority than science.
By Adam R. Shapiro
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The Coming “Religion Recession”
How the coronavirus could reshape American spiritual life
By David Gibson