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North Carolina’s HB2 and the Shifting Battle over LGBT Rights
In March, in a special session that cost taxpayers $42,000, the North Carolina legislature met and passed, after just nine hours of deliberations that included …
By Kent L. BrintnallInterview
American Catholicism in Public Life: An Interview with Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Last month, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Catholic archbishop of New York, gave a public lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. It was a homecoming …
By Tiffany StanleyEssay
Is God Dead? A TIME Cover Turns 50
On Good Friday in April 1966, fifty years ago this month, Time magazine published its famously controversial cover story, “Is God Dead?” Placing that stark …
By Leigh Eric SchmidtReport
Creationism’s Future After No Child Left Behind
On December 10 of this past year, President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The ESSA replaces the increasingly unpopular No …
By Adam R. ShapiroInterview
Confronting Religious Violence: An Interview with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
On November 3, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks gave a lecture at Washington University in St. Louis based on his most recent book, Not in God’s …
By Jack WestEssay
The God of Abraham Praise: Wheaton College Considers Its Muslim Neighbors
Few topics matter more to American evangelicals than religious identity. Who is my God? Who is my neighbor? What does it mean to follow Jesus? …
By John SchmalzbauerExcerpt
Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Religious Nationalism
Scholars have variously depicted Thomas Jefferson as everything from a crypto-Unitarian with a deep love of Jesus to a priest-baiting infidel. My own view is …
By Sam HaselbyEssay
Teaching Islam in the Age of ISIS
Last academic year, students at my college asked me to participate in two faculty panel discussions on current events: one on ISIS (also known as …
By Amina SteinfelsEssay
Pulling Us Back In: David Barton, Ted Cruz, and the Evangelical Grassroots
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Like Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III, who thought he could squirm …
By Paul HarveyReport
New Clash over Religion in Schools: Communities Face Backlash for Lessons on Islam
Many of the speakers wore red shirts in solidarity. Dozens of them took turns standing at the microphone to lash out at the members of …
By Linda K. Wertheimer