Culture
Essay
Every Day Is Already “Bring Your Bible to School Day”
Focus on the Family is politicizing a common and protected practice.
By Cavan Concannon
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
Review
“American Heretics”: Blue Christians in a Red State
A biblical scholar reviews “American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel,” a new documentary that celebrates religious progressives in Oklahoma—and underestimates their savvy rivals.
By Jill Hicks-Keeton
Essay
Who Benefits from Conflicts Over Religious Freedom?
There’s confusion over the Constitution’s religion clauses, and it’s keeping conservative Christians loyal to Trump.
By Jenna Reinbold
Essay
Loving Us, Hating Them: How Trump Uses Jews to Divide a Nation
Trump’s claim to love Jews and Israel is dangerous, and it’s part of a strategy to activate racial and religious animus for political gain.
By Moshe Kornfeld
Report
The Vatican Draws a Line on Gender, and Transgender Catholics Push Back
Transgender Catholics say the Vatican’s recent statement on gender identity misses the mark.
By Bonnie Horgos
Interview
First They Came for the Buddhists: Faith, Citizenship, and the Internment Camps
Duncan Ryūken Williams discusses his new book, “American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War.”
By Eric C. Miller
Editor’s Note
Time for Deeper Conversations Around “Heartbeat” Bills
Many subtle and principled religious viewpoints, some leaning toward and others leaning away from further regulation of abortion, are not represented in today’s public debate.
By Marie Griffith
Report
Will Young Evangelicals Come Back to Church?
Many young, white evangelical Christians aren’t showing up at church. Leaders want to know where they’ve gone, why they left, and how to win them back.
By Myriam Renaud
Interview
Oil Patch Religion: How a Passion for Crude Shaped American Faith
Historian Darren Dochuk discusses his new book, “Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America.”
By Eric C. Miller