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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
Report
Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department Pursued Greater Religious Engagement
At the end of January, in the days after Hillary Clinton stepped down as secretary of state, the media rushed to analyze her achievements. Writing …
By Amy Frykholm
Excerpt
Religious Leaders to Government: We Must Get Our Fiscal House In Order
Both Republicans and Democrats have a religion problem, and it has nothing to do with same-sex marriage, abortion, or religious liberty. Rather, their serious stumbling …
By Jim Wallis
The Table
How about a “Do Over” for the HHS Mandate?
Editor’s Note: The comment period for the latest proposed accommodation to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement to provide contraception coverage ended on April 8. We …
By Francis J. Manion
The Table
Rhetoric Versus Reality: The Contraception Benefit and Religious Freedom
Editor’s Note: The comment period for the latest proposed accommodation to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement to provide contraception coverage ended on April 8. We …
By Elizabeth Sepper and Alisha Johnson
Report
Same-Sex Marriage Comes to the Supreme Court
On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases—one challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the other California’s Proposition …
By Calvin Massey
Essay
Why We Wait for a Non-European Pope
As Pope Benedict steps down this week, speculation stirs that the next pontiff could be a man of color or from outside Europe. And while …
By Tiffany Stanley
Excerpt
Book Culture and the Rise of Liberal Religion
In 1904 the Quaker mystic and philosopher Rufus Jones published Social Law in the Spiritual World with a grand ambition. “The cure for skepticism,” Jones …
By Matthew S. Hedstrom
Profile
Where Do We Go From Here? Remembering the Life and Trials of Martin Luther King Jr.
My students are often surprised to learn that when Martin Luther King came to Montgomery in the spring of 1954, civil rights activism was not …
By Charles Marsh
Report
How Shall We Care for Haiti’s Orphans?
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Just days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, Chris Savini, then a mental health worker, heard from …
By Emily Brennan