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I Was a Mortuary Worker in Iraq: A Marine on What Remains After War
Editor’s Note: Jessica Goodell served in the Marine Corps’ first dedicated mortuary affairs unit. The platoon, deployed to Iraq in 2004, was tasked with recovering …
By Jessica Goodell and John HearnReport
Everything You Need to Know About the HHS Mandate Before the 2012 Elections
The Obama administration was warned, but they never really saw it coming. When they announced in January they would not be expanding the conscience exemptions …
By Michael Sean WintersProfile, Report
When Romney Was a Mormon President
“I must be about my father’s business,” Tagg Romney announces. It is a warm summer evening last July. He stands before a packed classroom of …
By Max Perry MuellerReport
Does Obama Have a Jewish Voter Problem?
President Obama has a Jewish problem, at least according to media reports. They pounced last year when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked the president …
By G. Jeffrey MacDonaldEssay, Profile
Jon Stewart, Religion Teacher Extraordinaire
As difficult as it is to find good writing about religion, it is harder still to find good television about religion. Most televangelists do not …
By Mark OppenheimerEditor’s Note
Welcome to Religion & Politics
We’re delighted to welcome you to this site! Religion & Politics is an online journal that focuses on one of the most contested issues of …
By Marie GriffithProfile, Report
John Stott, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien: Why American Evangelicals Love the British
John R. W. Stott’s death last July, at the age of 90, prompted an outpouring of grief and fond memories all over the Christian world. …
By Molly Worthen