Interview
The Political Legacy of Progressive Evangelicals
For all the media attention paid to the Religious Right, much less energy has been spent looking into its counterpart, the Religious Left. And yet, …
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
For All the Sinners and Saints: An Interview with Nadia Bolz-Weber
The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber is one of the leading voices in progressive Christianity. In 2008, as a Lutheran seminarian at Iliff School of Theology in …
By Jesse James DeConto
Interview
Why Law Professor Douglas Laycock Supports Same-Sex Marriage and Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law
Last week, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law SB101, the state’s religious freedom bill, which prompted a sharp and vocal backlash. Critics say the …
By The Editors
Interview
America’s Broken Politics: A Conversation with Senators Joe Lieberman and John C. Danforth
Almost everyone across the liberal to conservative spectrum seems to agree that American politics is deeply damaged. It often feels as if nothing gets done …
By The Editors
Interview
Jewish Life in the City: An Interview with Deborah Dash Moore
Deborah Dash Moore has played a pioneering role in the study of Jews and in establishing the field of American Jewish history. Only with difficulty …
By Rachel Gordan
Interview
The Fate of American Religious Freedom: An Interview with Legal Scholar Steven D. Smith
In the wake of important judicial rulings on culture war issues such as same-sex marriage and contraception, “religious freedom” has emerged as one of the …
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
Do Liberals Always Win? An Interview with Stephen Prothero
On October 23, Stephen Prothero spoke at Washington University in St. Louis as part of the Danforth Distinguished Lectures, sponsored by the John C. Danforth …
By Jack West
Interview
The State of Interfaith Work: An Interview with Welton Gaddy
The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy might seem like an unlikely champion for interfaith activism and for the separation of church and state. Raised in what …
By Max Perry Mueller
Interview
The Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An Interview with Charles Marsh
On April 9, 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Christian theologian who opposed the Nazis, was hanged by the regime on the grounds of a concentration …
By Tiffany Stanley
Interview
Obama and the Paradoxes of Progressive Christianity: An Interview with James Kloppenberg
On March 27-29, scholars gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Danforth Center on Religion & Politics for the conference “Beyond the Culture Wars: Recasting …
By Tiffany Stanley