Education
Excerpt
Liberal Protestants and the Polarization of the U.S.
An excerpt from the new book, “Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States.”
By Gene Zubovich
Interview
Hijacking History: Why What We Teach Matters
In her new book, Kathleen Wellman argues that the Christian Right has been working to revise American history in ideological fashion for decades.
By Eric C. Miller
Report
Why a New Generation of Catholic Women Is Wearing Chapel Veils
The growth of veiling comes at a critical time in Church history, when some women believe traditional sexual and gender ideologies are at risk.
By Emma Cieslik
Essay
Reframing the Story of Harvard’s Humanist Chaplaincy
The humanist chaplaincy at Harvard makes for a good story—just not the ones we have been primed to hear about atheist notoriety and ascendant secularity.
By Leigh Eric Schmidt
Review
The Christian Nationalism Behind the New “God’s Not Dead” Film
The film’s polemics make plain that the “we” in “We the People” really means White evangelical Christians.
By Jill Hicks-Keeton
Interview
Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe’s Faithful Quest to Heal a Divided World
The evangelical says, “I’m a climate scientist because I’m a Christian.”
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
The 20-Year Media Spectacle of Saving Afghan Women
The focus on the suffering of Afghan women deflects attention from the more difficult questions about what the U.S. actually set out to achieve in the longest war in our history.
By Tazeen M. Ali
Essay
Why Creationism Appears in Debates About Scientific Racism
“Creationism” has become a powerful rhetorical term in the Science Wars.
By Adam R. Shapiro
Essay
Why Is Critical Race Theory Being Banned in Public Schools?
Public schools have long provoked conflicts about character and values.
By Leslie Ribovich and Charles McCrary
Report
The Changing Faces of American Rabbis
More diverse groups are joining the rabbinate across the United States.
By Nomi Kaltmann