FEATURES
Essay
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
Interview
The Culture War and the Benedict Option: An Interview with Rod Dreher
Author Rod Dreher talks to Michael Schulson about his new book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation.
By Michael Schulson
Review
Communal Living and its Discontents
Briallen Hopper revisits her personal history with communes as she reviews Ellen Wayland-Smith’s “Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table.”
By Briallen Hopper
Essay
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
Report
How an Orthodox Rabbi Became an Unlikely Ally of the Christian Right
Shlomo Riskin is one of the most influential rabbis of his generation. In the last decade, he has quietly developed another project: outreach to Christians, and especially to conservative American evangelicals.
By Michael Schulson
Interview
Religious Movements of the Great Migration: An Interview with Judith Weisenfeld
The Great Migration fostered a diverse urban religious culture.
By Vaughn A. Booker
Essay
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
Essay
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
Essay
There Has Never Been an America without Muslims
But the long history of Muslims in America has been overlooked, forgotten, and purposely dismissed in our current political climate.
By Amir Hussain
Editor’s Note
Bearing Witness at the Women’s March on Washington
“I’m a WITNESS for JUSTICE!” read the front, and on the back, “¡Soy TESTIGO de la JUSTICIA!”
By Marie Griffith