Education
Essay
When Our Truths Are Ignored: Proslavery Theology’s Legacy
For an African American writer during slavery, there was an expectation that a “white envelope” framed the “black message.” For autobiographers like Frederick Douglass and …
By Yolanda Pierce
Report
Born Again, All Over Again
It all started with a question. On what day did Jesus die? Which led to more questions. Who wrote the Gospels? Is the English translation …
By Emily Alhadeff
Essay
Mormonism and the Problem of Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer got lucky. When Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith first went on sale in the summer of 2003, Krakauer …
By Max Perry Mueller
Essay
The Pope and Laudato Si’: Is the Ecology Encyclical a Moral Analysis or a Political Indictment?
U.S. politicians who happen to be Catholic in the age of Pope Francis display a knack for religious privatization that would impress even the most …
By Christiana Z. Peppard
Report
The Rise of Christian Conservative Legal Organizations
Two years ago, a longtime customer walked into Barronelle Stutzman’s flower shop with a request: the customer—who is gay—asked Stutzman to provide flowers for his …
By Daniel Bennett
Essay
What Can Be Done about Segregation in Churches?
In the wake of police violence that led to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, and the protests that followed, religious leaders are …
By Gene Zubovich
The States Project
Nebraska: A Cornhusker Prays with FCA
A Cornhusker Prays with FCA.
By Paul Putz
Essay
AP Course Controversy: When Do We Say “We” in History?
Afunny thing has happened to a petition posted online by Larry Krieger, a former Advanced Placement U.S. History teacher, and Jane Robbins, a conservative opponent …
By Elizabeth Yale
Essay
The Troubling Push to Deregulate Homeschooling
When my mother pulled me out of kindergarten to homeschool, it wasn’t a religious choice. We were an average Christian family, casually attending a non-denominational …
By Caitlin G. Townsend
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