Civil Liberties | Religion & Politics

The Politics of Religious Freedom Under the Trump Administration

Democrats and Republicans have different conceptions of what religious freedom means and what it demands.

By Jacob Lupfer

“A lot of folks are saying that ‘If this is what evangelical means, then I’m not that.’ So we are becoming spiritually homeless.”

By Melani McAlister

A review of Gary Dorrien’s new book, “Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel”

By Vaneesa Cook

The religious dimensions of his work deserve exploration.

By Josef Sorett

The Christian debate over globalism and nationalism is nothing new.

By Gene Zubovich

They have become unmoored from any deep theological tradition regarding immigration. They need to develop a systematic response to state injustices.

By Arlene Sanchez-Walsh and Lloyd Barba

Matthew Bowman talks about his new book, “Christian: The Politics of a Word in America.”

By Eric C. Miller

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