Law & Order
Report
Trinity Lutheran: The Church-State Case Looms at the Supreme Court
The ruling could have powerful implications for the separation of church and state and the funding of religious schools.
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Interview
How American Jews Became Israeli Settlers
In a new book, “City on a Hilltop,” historian Sara Yael Hirschhorn tries to understand what brought Americans Jews to the most contentious real estate on earth—and how their presence there shapes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Michael Schulson
Review
With “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Theocracy Arrives on the Small Screen
Margaret Atwood’s classic is fiction. But for countless women, its threats are real.
By Gordon Haber
Essay
The Theology of Stephen K. Bannon
His religious ideology combines aspects of Christianity with far-right nationalism, Islamophobia, and pseudo-historical narratives.
By Hugh Urban
Review
The Bioethics of Neil Gorsuch
Gorsuch’s book, “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” is a resounding rebuke of the legalization of aid in dying.
By Ann Neumann
Review
The Clash Between Religious Freedom and Equality Law
It’s easy, in the current American political climate, to see religious freedom and LGBT rights as two opposing values, permanently in conflict with each other.
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Essay
Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court, and Religious Freedom
Were our politics not dysfunctional, Gorsuch would be confirmed—as Scalia was—unanimously.
By Richard W. Garnett
Essay
The Conservative Tradition of Welcoming Refugees
Nearly three decades after my family came to the United States, refugees today anxiously hold their breath because what seemed certain to us—that we would be welcomed in our new home—is no longer so obvious.
By Gene Zubovich
Essay
The Sanctuary Movement, Then and Now
During the 1980s, the Sanctuary Movement offered protection to undocumented refugees fleeing Central American wars. Today we are once again witnessing people fleeing violence in Central America and the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
By Judith McDaniel
Interview
Religious Movements of the Great Migration: An Interview with Judith Weisenfeld
The Great Migration fostered a diverse urban religious culture.
By Vaughn A. Booker