Foreign Policy
Interview
Terror in Paris: The Plight of France’s Muslim Community
A fter the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, R&P interviewed Jonathan Laurence, a political scientist who studies the politics of Islam in the West, particularly …
By The Editors
Interview
The Political Legacy of Progressive Evangelicals
For all the media attention paid to the Religious Right, much less energy has been spent looking into its counterpart, the Religious Left. And yet, …
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
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 Steinfels
Essay
Pope Francis Comes to Washington
As recently as the 1950s, it was gospel in certain liberal circles that Catholicism was, to take a leaf from Ben Carson, “inconsistent with the …
By Leslie Woodcock Tentler
Report
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
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
Report
The Perilous Journeys of Syria’s Refugees
In August, Ahmad* calls from Greece. He got himself there from Turkey in a bilim after the smuggler took off. “What’s a bilim?” I ask. …
By Jennifer MacKenzie
Review
Terrorism in the Age of the Internet
The Devil’s Long Tail: Religious and Other Radicals in the Internet Marketplace by David Stevens and Kieron O’Hara Oxford University Press, 2015 Issue #12 of Inspire magazine …
By Michael Schulson
Report
A Parade, a Boycott, and a Jewish Group’s Struggle for Acceptance
On the 11th floor of a Seventh Avenue office building in New York City, an oversized silver mezuzah hangs beside a mahogany door. The dark …
By Jas Chana
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