Religion & Politics

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Many Southern Baptists in the 1970s supported abortion rights and gender equality. What happened?

By Marie Griffith

They have become unmoored from any deep theological tradition regarding immigration. They need to develop a systematic response to state injustices.

By Arlene Sanchez-Walsh and Lloyd Barba

As violence roiled Gaza 40 miles away, the embassy inauguration seemed like nothing so much as a show—a piece of elaborate political theater.

By Michael Schulson

A review of Samuel Goldman’s new book, “God’s Country: Christian Zionism in America.”

By Dan Hummel

Fifty years later, the legacies of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy still loom large.

By Robert Greene II

Exiles return in the wake of FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs’ imprisonment.

By Barak Wright

Benjamin E. Park’s new book, “American Nationalisms,” explores religion and politics in the Age of Revolutions.

By Benjamin E. Park

Even a less-than-ideal leader can be influenced by the right women in “such a time as this.”

By Emily Johnson

The preacher has died at the age of 99.

By Steven P. Miller

Terry Heaton talks conservative news, evangelicalism, and the rise of Trump.

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft