Law
Essay
God in the Machine: The Role of Religion in Net Neutrality Debates
The public movement to protect a free and open Internet is approaching a critical moment this week: on February 26, the Federal Communications Commission will …
By Emily Baxter and Aseem Mehta
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
Essay
Holt v. Hobbs: Does a Muslim Prisoner’s Case Foreshadow the End of Affirmative Action?
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of an Arkansas inmate who had been barred from growing, for religious reasons, a half-inch beard …
By Dawinder Sidhu
Essay
The Politics of Poverty and Race
This month marks 51 years since Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” speech. On January 8, 1964, during his State of the Union address, he urged …
By Jamil Drake
Interview
The Fate of American Religious Freedom: An Interview with Legal Scholar Steven D. Smith
In the wake of important judicial rulings on culture war issues such as same-sex marriage and contraception, “religious freedom” has emerged as one of the …
By Eric C. Miller
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
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
Interview
Do Liberals Always Win? An Interview with Stephen Prothero
On October 23, Stephen Prothero spoke at Washington University in St. Louis as part of the Danforth Distinguished Lectures, sponsored by the John C. Danforth …
By Jack West
Essay
Local Religious Leaders Respond to Ferguson
Since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, St. Louis County, on August 9, 2014, and especially since the November 24 announcement that the grand …
By The Editors
Report
The Protestant Mainline Goes to Washington
On a Sunday morning this past October, some 1,500 preachers and ministers across the country joined in a nationwide protest they called Pulpit Freedom Sunday. …
By Gene Zubovich