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Essay
For These Progressive Jews, Prayer is Part of the Protest
Public mourning rituals are highlighting injustice in U.S. immigration policies—and making an ethical claim about who is to be mourned.
By Molly Farneth
Essay
How Race Matters in the Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate
There are vast racial and ethnic differences in requests for physician-assisted suicide. We need to ask why.
By Terri Laws
Review
“American Heretics”: Blue Christians in a Red State
A biblical scholar reviews “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel,” a new documentary that celebrates religious progressives in Oklahoma—and underestimates their savvy rivals.
By Jill Hicks-Keeton
Essay
Who Benefits from Conflicts Over Religious Freedom?
There’s confusion over the Constitution’s religion clauses, and it’s keeping conservative Christians loyal to Trump.
By Jenna Reinbold
Essay
Marianne Williamson’s Unorthodox Campaign
Aiming her message at “spiritual but not religious” voters, Williamson is a groundbreaking political figure in a long American tradition of alternative spirituality
By Kira Ganga Kieffer
Essay
Loving Us, Hating Them: How Trump Uses Jews to Divide a Nation
Trump’s claim to love Jews and Israel is dangerous, and it’s part of a strategy to activate racial and religious animus for political gain.
By Moshe Kornfeld
Report
The Vatican Draws a Line on Gender, and Transgender Catholics Push Back
Transgender Catholics say the Vatican’s recent statement on gender identity misses the mark.
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
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
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