Media
Essay
Russia and the Crimean Tatars: The Burdens and Challenges of History
The Russian annexation of Crimea has raised a host of important questions about the fate of the diverse populations on the peninsula. Will Ukrainian-speakers be …
By Eric Lohr
Essay
Marriage Equality and Religious Liberty: Another Chapter in the Story
On April 28, 2014, the United Church of Christ—joined by clergy from Lutheran, Baptist, Unitarian Universalist, and Jewish congregations—and six same-sex couples filed a lawsuit …
By Kent L. Brintnall
Report
A Short History of Christian Matchmaking
In 1904, The New York Times picked up an unusual story from Omaha. A wealthy Nebraska rancher named James Snell had requested the help of …
By Paul Putz
Essay
What the Show Cosmos Gets Wrong about Religion—and Science
In its third episode, titled “When Knowledge Conquered Fear,” the new Cosmos reboot, hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, tells the story of the discovery …
By Elizabeth Yale
Interview
Technology, Memory, and Jewish History: An Interview with Novelist Dara Horn
What are the proper limits of technology in our personal lives? Dara Horn’s new novel, A Guide for the Perplexed, takes up this question as …
By Rachel Gordan
Review
Pulled into the Maze: 12 Years a Slave
One of the most haunting scenes in the film 12 Years a Slave comes shortly after the main character Solomon Northup—now known by his enslavers …
By Rachel McBride Lindsey
Essay
On Compromise and Congressional Brinkmanship
When President Obama gives his State of the Union address tonight, the problem of congressional gridlock will likely be a major theme. Partisanship in Washington …
By David Brockman
Essay
Letters from a Georgia Jail: Anti-Nuclear Activists Await Sentencing
We are truly human when we act responsibly to restore harmony and act with love and compassion to restore truth, transparency and the equitable distribution …
By David Cook
Essay
An Evolving Mormon Church Finally Addresses a Racist Past
Last Friday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) made history by confronting its own history. For the first time, the LDS Church …
By Max Perry Mueller
Interview
The Intellectual Civil War within Evangelicalism: An Interview with Molly Worthen
Last month, Molly Worthen traveled to the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics to take part in a symposium for the inaugural Danforth …
By Tiffany Stanley