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For Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E., a Legacy of Hope and Resistance
Charleston is known as the holy city, for its many steeples and spires that tower above the landscape. On Wednesday night, a most unholy act …
By Tiffany StanleyEssay
Franklin Graham Is Winning at Facebook
On June 5, Franklin Graham took to his Facebook page to provoke a boycott of Wells Fargo. The bank has released a series of nine …
By Patton DoddReport
The Rise of Christian Conservative Legal Organizations
Two years ago, a longtime customer walked into Barronelle Stutzman’s flower shop with a request: the customer—who is gay—asked Stutzman to provide flowers for his …
By Daniel BennettReview
Mad Men and the Enlightenment of Don Draper
The pleasures of Mad Men were many. Fans of the recently concluded AMC series about advertising in the 1960s obsessed over the meticulous detail of …
By Matthew S. HedstromReport
Will Same-Sex Marriage Split the United Methodist Church?
This month the Supreme Court will decide whether or not to make same-sex marriage legal in the United States. While the courts and lawmakers have …
By Shannon Craig StrawExcerpt
No Politics in Church? Not So Fast.
American Christians are increasingly aware that the church has a political image problem, and are increasingly eager to repair it. Association with the Religious Right, …
By Sam Speers and Kristopher NorrisReport
The Perilous Journeys of Syria’s Refugees
In August, Ahmad* calls from Greece. He got himself there from Turkey in a bilim after the smuggler took off. “What’s a bilim?” I ask. …
By Jennifer MacKenzieReview
Terrorism in the Age of the Internet
The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace by David Stevens and Kieron O’Hara Oxford University Press, 2015 Issue #12 of Inspire magazine …
By Michael SchulsonReport
A Parade, a Boycott, and a Jewish Group’s Struggle for Acceptance
On the 11th floor of a Seventh Avenue office building in New York City, an oversized silver mezuzah hangs beside a mahogany door. The dark …
By Jas ChanaExcerpt
The Past Imperfect of Barack Obama
Speaking at the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches last month, President Obama posed a question that captured why many …
By Peter Manseau