Media
Interview
The Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church
Michael J. O’Loughlin talks about his new book, “Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.”
By Eric C. Miller
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. Kelley
Interview
AIDS Activist Steve Pieters Revisits His Pivotal Interview with Tammy Faye Bakker
Pieters’ appearance on Bakker’s television show helped make her a gay icon.
By Emily Johnson
Report
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 Telushkin
Report
How Pat Robertson Changed Television and American Politics
Examining the television host’s legacy as he retires from “The 700 Club”
By Miguel Petrosky
Essay
Justice for All: The Religious Legacy of “All in the Family”
On January 12th, 1971, American television changed forever. A new sitcom on CBS was set to premiere, and the industry was at a fever pitch. …
By L. Benjamin Rolsky
Review
New Documentary “Keep Sweet” Follows Mormon Fundamentalists
What happened to the community that imprisoned FLDS leader Warren Jeffs left behind?
By Benjamin E. Park
Report
Is Kosher Pork Still Impossible?
Why Impossible Food’s new vegan “pork” product was denied kosher status.
By Adam R. Shapiro
Essay
Reframing the Story of Harvard’s Humanist Chaplaincy
The humanist chaplaincy at Harvard makes for a good story—just not the ones we have been primed to hear about atheist notoriety and ascendant secularity.
By Leigh Eric Schmidt
Review
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-Keeton