Culture
Essay
Breaking the Ten Commandments: A Short History of the Contentious American Monuments
Where once the biblical passages were an anchor of the nation’s identity, they have now become the stuff of controversy and even rupture.
By Jenna Weissman JoselitReview
“Evangelical” Is Not a Political Term
Yet the temptation for those writing about evangelicals today is to allow the political part—like the fact that 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump—to stand in for the whole.
By Neil J. YoungEssay
Why I Went Back to Church
I owe it to my daughter, my father, and Donald Trump.
By Max Perry MuellerReview
The New Christian Zionists
The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on Israel & the Land Edited by Gerald R. McDermott InterVarsity, 2016 There is a joke that Israelis like …
By Dan HummelReport
The Book of Mormon Gets the Literary Treatment
At long last, the American Scripture is becoming literature.
By Grant ShreveExcerpt
Recalling the Spiritual Vision of Robert Hayden, America’s First Black Poet Laureate
An adapted excerpt from Josef Sorett’s “Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics”
By Josef SorettReview
With “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Theocracy Arrives on the Small Screen
Margaret Atwood’s classic is fiction. But for countless women, its threats are real.
By Gordon HaberEssay
Reinhold Niebuhr, Washington’s Favorite Theologian
He has experienced something of a renaissance since 9/11.
By Gene ZubovichInterview
The Pursuit of a Meaningful Life: An Interview with Emily Esfahani Smith
Instead of spending our lives chasing happiness, we should get to work creating meaning.
By Eric C. MillerInterview
The Culture War and the Benedict Option: An Interview with Rod Dreher
Author Rod Dreher talks to Michael Schulson about his new book, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation.
By Michael Schulson