Interview
The Salvation of Langston Hughes: A Conversation with Wallace Best
The religious dimensions of his work deserve exploration.
By Josef Sorett
Interview
What Does It Mean to Be Christian in America?
Matthew Bowman talks about his new book, “Christian: The Politics of a Word in America.”
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
How Do Evangelical Colleges Keep the Faith?
Adam Laats discusses his new book, “Fundamentalist U: Keeping the Faith in American Higher Education.”
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
How Protestants Made the Modern World
The faith spread across the globe and shaped democracy as we know it.
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politics: An Interview with R. Marie Griffith
In her new book, “Moral Combat,” Griffith offers a sweeping history of how American Christians have debated sex over the last century.
By The Editors
Interview
Investigating the Hobby Lobby Family: An Interview with Candida Moss and Joel S. Baden
As the Museum of the Bible opens in Washington, the authors talk about the family behind it and what they uncovered in their new book, “Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby.”
By Gordon Haber
Interview
India in the American Imagination: An Interview with Michael J. Altman
The subcontinent stood for more than two centuries as a screen onto which white Western Protestants projected their fantasies.
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
How American Jews Became Israeli Settlers
In a new book, “City on a Hilltop,” historian Sara Yael Hirschhorn tries to understand what brought Americans Jews to the most contentious real estate on earth—and how their presence there shapes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Michael Schulson
Interview
Healing a House Divided: An Interview with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
The Episcopal leader urges the nation to move beyond polarization.
By Marie Griffith
Interview
The Pursuit of a Meaningful Life: An Interview with Emily Esfahani Smith
Instead of spending our lives chasing happiness, we should get to work creating meaning.
By Eric C. Miller