Culture | Religion & Politics

When Promoting Religious Freedom Abroad Threatens Minority Communities Back Home

U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom in the Arab World are contributing to the suppression of American Muslim communities.

By David H. Warren

Women are taking to Instagram to call for divorce reforms.

By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt

The internet influences not only what we believe but also how we believe.

By Eli Gottlieb

Jodi Eichler-Levine discusses her new book, “Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community.”

By Eric C. Miller

The name is a racist and misogynist trope.

By Mark Fugitt

The Covid-mandated rush for virtual learning has pushed some religious content into public schools.

By Adam R. Shapiro

Basketball can be a spiritual practice of reclamation.

By Onaje X.O. Woodbine

Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer’s chaplaincy at NYU is one of a kind.

By Sara Weissman

The author explores Jewish nostalgia as religious practice in her new book, “Beyond the Synagogue.”

By Rachel B. Gross

Ariel Sabar discusses his latest book, “Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man, and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife.”

By Eric C. Miller