Law
Essay
An Evangelical Scientist’s Notes on Climate Change and Faith
Ahaze covers Colorado roads as a fire burns through thousands of acres of dead and dying trees. The fires raging through portions of the Central …
By Dorothy Boorse
The States Project
Kentucky: A Priest Takes on the Coal Industry
A Priest Takes on the Coal Industry.
By Dwight Billings, Kate Black and Kathi Kern
Editor’s Note
More than Faith: For Trayvon Martin, a Promise to Act
The sorrowful story of Trayvon Martin’s deadly encounter with the excitable George Zimmerman has mesmerized the nation anew with Zimmerman’s recent acquittal. Those who see …
By Marie Griffith
Essay
What Marriage Equality Isn’t
The Supreme Court’s recent decisions concerning same-sex marriage have been heavily touted as victories for the LGBT community. The material benefits that accompany marriage and …
By Kent L. Brintnall
Essay
The End of DOMA and the Dismantling of the “Straight State”
Advocates for marriage equality came away from yesterday’s Supreme Court pronouncements on same-sex marriage more jubilant than battered. But there was plenty of hurt to …
By Sarah Barringer Gordon
Essay
Why I Fight Against Same-Sex Marriage
Rich Stearns is a servant, a Wharton grad who leapt from the top of corporate America and landed in a stream, knees bent bracing. Arms …
By Eric Teetsel
Profile
Farewell to Bob Edgar—Congressman, Minister, Activist
B ob Edgar was in his element on April 18. He stood behind a podium in Washington, D.C., making the case that the United States’ current …
By Renée K. Gadoua
The States Project
New Hampshire: A Protester Fights to Live Free or Die
A Protester Fights to Live Free or Die.
By Madeline DeSantis
Essay
Unrepresentative: How the NRA and Planned Parenthood Failed Recent Tests
The donor rolls of the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood do not share many of the same names. But these organizations’ responses to the …
By Michael Peppard
Review
Surveying a Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage
Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in AmericaBy Jeff ChuHarperCollins, 2013 Of all the songs in the “dog-eared …
By Win Bassett