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A Theme Park, a Scandal, and the Faded Ruins of a Televangelism Empire
If you happen to find yourself on I-77 just south of Charlotte, North Carolina, consider a detour to the crumbling ruins of what used to …
By Emily JohnsonEssay
Atheists in Foxholes: The Military Chaplaincy’s Humanist Problem
Do American military chaplains need to believe in God? Or, as the Navy Times once asked, “Who supports the atheists in the military?” These questions …
By Ronit Y. StahlProfile
Meet Chad Connelly, the Republican Party’s Faith Ambassador
On a Thursday morning in early September, a handful of Louisiana pastors gathered at a Baptist church on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain to …
By Amelia Thomson-DeVeauxEssay
The Sources of Creationism’s Disjointed Science
Once upon a time, in the West, sacred history, human history, and natural history were one. The Hebrew Bible, refracted through the prism of the …
By Elizabeth YaleReport
Passages: A Glimpse into the Hobby Lobby Family’s Bible Museum
On a humid afternoon in early July, I pulled into the parking lot of a nondescript warehouse just off Highway 65 in Springfield, Missouri. Flanked …
By Rachel McBride LindseyReview
Us v. Them: The Pitfalls of Righteous Rhetoric
Righteous Rhetoric: Sex, Speech, and the Politics of Concerned Women for America By Leslie Dorrough Smith Oxford University Press, 2014 On June 19 of this year, the …
By Emily JohnsonEssay
For Michael Brown, Justice Is Not a Gift. It’s a Right.
“This whole Michael Brown thing,” a local white business owner informed me, “is a case of reverse racism!” The Saint Louis native continued, “Those people …
By Lerone A. MartinReport
The Religious Roots of the Wilderness Act
When Howard Zahniser was drafting the Wilderness Act—which marks its 50th anniversary today—he confided to a colleague that he wished he were writing poetry instead. …
By Michael SchulsonEssay
The Hope of Ferguson
In May 1970 four unarmed college students were shot to death by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University. The iconic image …
By Laurie F. Maffly-KippEssay
From Berlin to Jerusalem, a Lament for Gaza and Israel
This year, I fasted on Tisha b’Av, a Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of both Jewish temples in Jerusalem. In commemoration, on the …
By Yael Shinar