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Why Law Professor Douglas Laycock Supports Same-Sex Marriage and Indiana’s Religious Freedom Law
Last week, Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law SB101, the state’s religious freedom bill, which prompted a sharp and vocal backlash. Critics say the …
By The EditorsThe States Project
Nebraska: A Cornhusker Prays with FCA
A Cornhusker Prays with FCA.
By Paul PutzEssay
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 MehtaEssay
My Husband’s Not Gay: Homosexuality and the LDS Church
On Sunday, January 11, TLC debuted My Husband’s Not Gay, a show about a small but increasingly uncloseted community living out its own complex form of sexuality. My …
By Taylor G. PetreyEssay
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 DrakeReview
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 HopperReport
Ebola and U.S. Hospital Chaplains: A (Deliberately) Untold Story
In August, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, medical missionaries who were serving in Liberia, arrived at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital. The facility was the …
By Betsy ShirleyEssay
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 EditorsInterview
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 MuellerEssay
A Theme Park, a Scandal, and the Faded Ruins of a Televangelism Empire
If you happen to find yourself on I-77 just south of Charlotte, North Carolina, consider a detour to the crumbling ruins of what used to …
By Emily Johnson