Culture
Essay
The Pandemic Created a Surge in Homeschooling—and Concerns about the Movement’s Christian Culture
There are benefits to homeschooling, but there are also troubling messages about religion, race, and history within the Christian homeschooling movement.
By Elena Trueba
Review
Imagining a “Judeo-Christian” Nation
A review of K. Healan Gaston’s book, “Imagining Judeo-Christian America: Religion, Secularism, and the Redefinition of Democracy.”
By Gene Zubovich
Review
A Century of Women’s Suffrage
What happened during elections after women won the right to vote?
By Janelle Peters
Essay
A Community Space Emerges in the Shadow of a Confederate Monument
Activists have reclaimed Robert E. Lee Circle as Marcus-David Peters Circle.
By Mark Valeri
Essay
A Pastor’s Take: Repairing Democracy for Black Lives
The Rev. Andrew Wilkes refutes superficial calls to civility, even as he refuses to give up on love as a meaningful civic virtue.
By Andrew Wilkes
Interview
Trump’s Unholy Alliances: An Interview with Sarah Posner
Sarah Posner discusses her new book, “Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump.”
By Eric C. Miller
Interview
The Price of White Evangelical Patriarchy
Kristin Kobes Du Mez discusses her new book, “Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.”
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
The Coming “Religion Recession”
How the coronavirus could reshape American spiritual life
By David Gibson
Interview
Lessons from James Baldwin: An Interview with Eddie Glaude
Glaude discusses his new book, “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.”
By Marie Griffith
Interview
Former Obama Staffer Offers a Primer on Religion in Public Life
Melissa Rogers, who led the White House faith-based office, discusses her new book, “Faith in American Public Life.”
By Eric C. Miller