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How One Purist Tried to Save the Religious Right from the Republicans
Then, as now, the movement largely chose relevance, thinking it was better to be a power player accused of hypocrisy than to be uncompromised, but irrelevant.
By Daniel Silliman
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Breaking the Ten Commandments: A Short History of the Contentious American Monuments
Where once the biblical passages were an anchor of the nation’s identity, they have now become the stuff of controversy and even rupture.
By Jenna Weissman Joselit
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Why I Went Back to Church
I owe it to my daughter, my father, and Donald Trump.
By Max Perry Mueller
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Reinhold Niebuhr, Washington’s Favorite Theologian
He has experienced something of a renaissance since 9/11.
By Gene Zubovich
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The Theology of Stephen K. Bannon
His religious ideology combines aspects of Christianity with far-right nationalism, Islamophobia, and pseudo-historical narratives.
By Hugh Urban
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Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court, and Religious Freedom
Were our politics not dysfunctional, Gorsuch would be confirmed—as Scalia was—unanimously.
By Richard W. Garnett
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The Conservative Tradition of Welcoming Refugees
Nearly three decades after my family came to the United States, refugees today anxiously hold their breath because what seemed certain to us—that we would be welcomed in our new home—is no longer so obvious.
By Gene Zubovich
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The Sanctuary Movement, Then and Now
During the 1980s, the Sanctuary Movement offered protection to undocumented refugees fleeing Central American wars. Today we are once again witnessing people fleeing violence in Central America and the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
By Judith McDaniel
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The Complicated Legacy of Bishop Eddie Long
The evangelical world has lost a controversial megastar. For two decades, few megachurch pastors were as influential as Bishop Eddie Long.
By Jonathan L. Walton
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Advancing God’s Kingdom: Calvinism, Calvin College, and Betsy DeVos
Much of the scrutiny of Betsy DeVos has seized on myths about Calvinism and the Christian Reformed Church—equating a religious background with a current stance about educational policy.
By Abram Van Engen