Bioethics
Essay
How Race Matters in the Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate
There are vast racial and ethnic differences in requests for physician-assisted suicide. We need to ask why.
By Terri Laws
Interview
Higher Education in a Time of Protest: A Conversation with Robert George and Cornel West
The two thinkers share a deep friendship despite their differences.
By Marie Griffith
Excerpt
How Prominent Women Built and Sustained the Religious Right
An excerpt from Emily Suzanne Johnson’s new book, “This Is Our Message: Women’s Leadership in the New Christian Right.”
By Emily Johnson
Interview
Religion and Polarized Politics: An Interview with Melissa Rogers and Peter Wehner
The two former White House officials sat down for a timely conversation.
By Joshua Leopold
Essay
What the U.S. Catholic Church Gets Wrong About Native Dispossession
The Covington Catholic incident is another reminder of the Church’s missteps on Indigenous rights.
By Jack Downey and Kathleen Holscher
The Table
We Should Be Peacemakers in the Abortion Wars
Where can opposing sides of the abortion debate find common ground? This is a good question but only one of many. What do we mean …
By Frances KisslingThe Table
The Abortion Conversation Needs New Language
In this moment of crushing political polarization, looking for common ground in the abortion debate can feel to both sides like abandoning their most cherished …
By Katelyn BeatyThe Table
We Must Engage with Shared Values in the Abortion Debate
In the abortion debate, we often focus on whose beliefs are right or wrong. We use this approach to persuade politicians to legislate and judges …
By Cari JacksonThe Table
Let’s Recognize the Human Dignity of All People
It’s the sound of splashing that still, six years later, haunts me. I was in Budapest as part of a trip to Europe and touring …
By Daniel Darling
Interview
What Is the Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition?
Paul Djupe talks about the new volume, “The Evangelical Crackup? The Future of the Evangelical-Republican Coalition.”
By Eric C. Miller