Law
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
Essay
After the Midterms, Where Can Congress and Obama Find Consensus?
Abetter-than-expected performance in the recent congressional midterm elections left the Republican Party in control of both houses of Congress. Not only did the GOP capture …
By Dan Cox
Interview
The State of Interfaith Work: An Interview with Welton Gaddy
The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy might seem like an unlikely champion for interfaith activism and for the separation of church and state. Raised in what …
By Max Perry Mueller
Essay
Atheists in Foxholes: The Military Chaplaincy’s Humanist Problem
Do American military chaplains need to believe in God? Or, as the Navy Times once asked, “Who supports the atheists in the military?” These questions …
By Ronit Y. Stahl
The States Project
Illinois: An Autoworker Reconciles God and Mammon
An Autoworker Reconciles God and Mammon.
By Christopher D. Cantwell
Report
Passages: A Glimpse into the Hobby Lobby Family’s Bible Museum
On a humid afternoon in early July, I pulled into the parking lot of a nondescript warehouse just off Highway 65 in Springfield, Missouri. Flanked …
By Rachel McBride Lindsey
Essay
For Michael Brown, Justice Is Not a Gift. It’s a Right.
“This whole Michael Brown thing,” a local white business owner informed me, “is a case of reverse racism!” The Saint Louis native continued, “Those people …
By Lerone A. Martin
Report
The Religious Roots of the Wilderness Act
When Howard Zahniser was drafting the Wilderness Act—which marks its 50th anniversary today—he confided to a colleague that he wished he were writing poetry instead. …
By Michael Schulson