Law & Order
Report
To Address Suicide, Minister Challenges Accepted Views of Guns Among Believers
Rev. Rob Schenck has ministered to conservative Christians for decades. Now he is preaching about the ethical implication of firearms.
By Josh M. Shepherd
Report
Fifty Years Later, Religious Progressives Launch a New Poor People’s Campaign
Can they articulate an American liberation theology for the Trump era?
By Michael Schulson
Essay
Can Scripture “Speak for Itself”? A Look Inside the Museum of the Bible
A biblical scholar visits Washington’s newest museum, which is backed by the evangelical family behind Hobby Lobby.
By Jill Hicks-Keeton
Interview
Investigating the Hobby Lobby Family: An Interview with Candida Moss and Joel S. Baden
As the Museum of the Bible opens in Washington, the authors talk about the family behind it and what they uncovered in their new book, “Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby.”
By Gordon Haber
Review
The Supernatural Pseudoscience of Nazi Germany
A review of Eric Kurlander’s “Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich”
By Michael Schulson
Essay
The Role of Sports Ministries in the NFL Protests
A number of black athletes are fueling their activism with Christian faith.
By Paul Putz
Essay
Losing Our Civil Religion
Trump’s unbridled rhetorical rampage has stripped the presidency of its moral ambition and authority.
By John D. Carlson
Essay
Masterpiece Cakeshop: Meet the Christian Legal Group Behind the High-Profile Court Case
Alliance Defending Freedom has become one of the most influential legal interest groups in the United States.
By Daniel Bennett
Editor’s Note
White Christians Must Condemn White Supremacy
To be silent or to engage in false equivalencies is to be complicit in the growth of this noxious fascism.
By Marie Griffith
Essay
Breaking the Ten Commandments: A Short History of the Contentious American Monuments
Where once the biblical passages were an anchor of the nation’s identity, they have now become the stuff of controversy and even rupture.
By Jenna Weissman Joselit