Culture
Essay
My Husband’s Not Gay: Homosexuality and the LDS Church
On Sunday, January 11, TLC debuted My Husband’s Not Gay, a show about a small but increasingly uncloseted community living out its own complex form of sexuality. My …
By Taylor G. Petrey
Report
Pope Francis Causes Division Among Cubans in Miami
Hours after the news broke in December that the United States and Cuba were reinstating diplomatic relations, I arrived at a Catholic Church in one …
By Alfredo Garcia
Review
Marilynne Robinson in Montgomery
Marilynne Robinson’s new novel Lila has been greeted with rapture—not just by critics but also by a host of readers who rely on Robinson for …
By Briallen Hopper
Interview
The State of Interfaith Work: An Interview with Welton Gaddy
The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy might seem like an unlikely champion for interfaith activism and for the separation of church and state. Raised in what …
By Max Perry Mueller
Essay
A Theme Park, a Scandal, and the Faded Ruins of a Televangelism Empire
If you happen to find yourself on I-77 just south of Charlotte, North Carolina, consider a detour to the crumbling ruins of what used to …
By Emily Johnson
Essay
The Sources of Creationism’s Disjointed Science
Once upon a time, in the West, sacred history, human history, and natural history were one. The Hebrew Bible, refracted through the prism of the …
By Elizabeth Yale
Report
Passages: A Glimpse into the Hobby Lobby Family’s Bible Museum
On a humid afternoon in early July, I pulled into the parking lot of a nondescript warehouse just off Highway 65 in Springfield, Missouri. Flanked …
By Rachel McBride Lindsey
Report
The Religious Roots of the Wilderness Act
When Howard Zahniser was drafting the Wilderness Act—which marks its 50th anniversary today—he confided to a colleague that he wished he were writing poetry instead. …
By Michael Schulson
Essay
From Berlin to Jerusalem, a Lament for Gaza and Israel
This year, I fasted on Tisha b’Av, a Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of both Jewish temples in Jerusalem. In commemoration, on the …
By Yael Shinar
Essay
Does God Hate Shrimp? When Biblical Citation Goes Awry
One of the most popular “West Wing” clips on YouTube is President Josiah Bartlet’s biblically-based takedown of a conservative radio talk-show host (a thinly veiled …
By Emily A. Filler