Law
Essay
Why the LDS Church Welfare System Cannot Replace Government Assistance
Government assistance, not the church, has vaulted members to financial security.
By Allison M. KelleyReport
What Does It Mean to Say Jesus Was a Refugee?
Something has changed to make this message both widely popular and newly enraging.
By Shira TelushkinReport
How Pat Robertson Changed Television and American Politics
Examining the television host’s legacy as he retires from “The 700 Club”
By Miguel PetroskyReview
New Documentary “Keep Sweet” Follows Mormon Fundamentalists
What happened to the community that imprisoned FLDS leader Warren Jeffs left behind?
By Benjamin E. ParkInterview
How Meatpacking Work and Faith Intersect in the Heartland
Kristy Nabhan-Warren discusses her new book, “Meatpacking America: How Migration, Work, and Faith Unite and Divide the Heartland.”
By Eric C. MillerReport
Is Kosher Pork Still Impossible?
Why Impossible Food’s new vegan “pork” product was denied kosher status.
By Adam R. ShapiroReview
The Christian Nationalism Behind the New “God’s Not Dead” Film
The film’s polemics make plain that the “we” in “We the People” really means White evangelical Christians.
By Jill Hicks-KeetonReport
Covid-19 Vaccines: Why Some Christians Decry Them as the “Mark of the Beast”
Covid-19 vaccines are only the latest in a long line of new technologies that have been considered a sign of the end times.
By Tiffany FirebaughEssay
Abortion Through the Lens of Germany’s (Catholic) Compromise
How Germany removed the abortion debate from the realm of partisan electoral politics
By Mark W. RocheEssay
The 20-Year Media Spectacle of Saving Afghan Women
The focus on the suffering of Afghan women deflects attention from the more difficult questions about what the U.S. actually set out to achieve in the longest war in our history.
By Tazeen M. Ali