Money
Essay
Football and the Political Act of Prayer
In football, prayer is—and has always been—political.
By Paul Putz
Report
How These Muslim Women Became NYC Civic Leaders
A new report measures Muslim contributions to New York City.
By Elisabeth Becker
Review
The Social Gospel Roots of the American Religious Left
A review of Gary Dorrien’s new book, “Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel”
By Vaneesa Cook
Essay
Misremembering 1968
Fifty years later, the legacies of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy still loom large.
By Robert Greene II
Report
Among the Ruins of a Polygamous Sect, Short Creek Residents Rebuild Their Town
Exiles return in the wake of FLDS Prophet Warren Jeffs’ imprisonment.
By Barak Wright
Report
What the Museum of the Bible Conveys about Biblical Scholarship Behind Church Doors
What do museum representatives tell congregations when they think no one else is listening?
By Jill Hicks-Keeton
Essay
For Such a Time as This: Conservative Evangelical Women and the Trump Presidency
Even a less-than-ideal leader can be influenced by the right women in “such a time as this.”
By Emily Johnson
Interview
How Protestants Made the Modern World
The faith spread across the globe and shaped democracy as we know it.
By Eric C. Miller
Profile
This Former 700 Club Producer Wants to “Make Amends to a Whole Generation of Christians”
Terry Heaton talks conservative news, evangelicalism, and the rise of Trump.
By Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Review
New Miniseries Revisits Waco Siege 25 Years Later
Americans are still arguing about the same things-guns, federal overreach, and religious extremism.
By Gordon Haber