Civil Liberties
Report
The Conflicted Catholicism of Tim Kaine
On a recent conference call with the voter outreach group Catholics for Hillary, vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine trotted out his faith credentials. He spoke …
By Megan Sweas
Essay
An Atheist for President?
When Donald Trump spoke to a group of evangelical leaders in New York early this past summer, he insinuated that Hillary Clinton’s Christian faith was …
By Leigh Eric Schmidt
Essay
Why Donald Trump Is Losing Catholic Voters
Even early in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, there were signs that he might struggle to win the hearts of Catholic voters. He was competing for …
By Jacob Lupfer
Review
The Mormon Council of Fifty: What Joseph Smith’s Secret Records Reveal
In 1844, the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith surrendered himself to state authorities after destroying an anti-Mormon printing press in Nauvoo, Illinois. When he was sent …
By Benjamin E. Park
Interview
What Phyllis Schlafly Believed: An Unreleased Interview with the Late Anti-Feminist Activist
Phyllis Schlafly, who died yesterday at the age of 92, will long be remembered as one of the most politically consequential figures of her time. …
By Marie Griffith
Report
The Persecution of China’s Muslim Uyghurs
It was broad daylight in a busy part of Beijing when a local doctor—a friend of mine—rear-ended the car in front of hers. Though it …
By Matt Moir
Essay
Donald Trump and the Evangelical Political Schism
During the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, several high-profile evangelical leaders quietly expressed their support for Donald Trump, adding to the more fervent and public …
By Mark Valeri
Essay
Can Hillary Clinton’s Faith Help Her Lead a Fractured Nation?
Last month, at a closed meeting with evangelical leaders, Donald Trump asserted his Christian bona fides. He boasted of his child-rearing practices, touted the virtues …
By Kristin Du Mez
Essay
It Starts with the Stop
The police-involved shooting deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in a Minneapolis suburb have reignited the national focus on police brutality …
By Leah Gunning Francis
Excerpt
The Decline of White Christian America
For most of the twentieth century, in White Christian America the terms “Christian” and “Protestant” were virtually synonymous. Questions like “And where do you go …
By Robert P. Jones