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The Mormon Church Grapples with its Global Identity and its Legacy on Race

This famously American faith makes an unprecedented effort to “reach out to the whole world.”

By Max Perry Mueller

The racialization of Islam has obscured both the diversity of Muslim America, and the tensions that accompany that diversity.

By Yasmine Flodin-Ali

As violence roiled Gaza 40 miles away, the embassy inauguration seemed like nothing so much as a show—a piece of elaborate political theater.

By Michael Schulson

A review of Samuel Goldman’s new book, “God’s Country: Christian Zionism in America.”

By Dan Hummel

Fifty years later, the legacies of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy still loom large.

By Robert Greene II

Adam Laats discusses his new book, “Fundamentalist U: Keeping the Faith in American Higher Education.”

By Eric C. Miller

With or without the book’s biblical quotations, the story’s theology is embedded in the plot.

By Donald Hettinga

Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau’s campaign to destroy King’s reputation.

By Lerone A. Martin

Exiles return in the wake of FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs’ imprisonment.

By Barak Wright

Benjamin E. Park’s new book, “American Nationalisms,” explores religion and politics in the Age of Revolutions.

By Benjamin E. Park