Science
Essay
How Race Matters in the Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate
There are vast racial and ethnic differences in requests for physician-assisted suicide. We need to ask why.
By Terri Laws
Editor’s Note
Time for Deeper Conversations Around “Heartbeat” Bills
Many subtle and principled religious viewpoints, some leaning toward and others leaning away from further regulation of abortion, are not represented in today’s public debate.
By Marie Griffith
Interview
Oil Patch Religion: How a Passion for Crude Shaped American Faith
Historian Darren Dochuk discusses his new book, “Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern America.”
By Eric C. Miller
The Table
We Should Be Peacemakers in the Abortion Wars
Where can opposing sides of the abortion debate find common ground? This is a good question but only one of many. What do we mean …
By Frances KisslingThe Table
The Abortion Conversation Needs New Language
In this moment of crushing political polarization, looking for common ground in the abortion debate can feel to both sides like abandoning their most cherished …
By Katelyn BeatyThe Table
We Must Engage with Shared Values in the Abortion Debate
In the abortion debate, we often focus on whose beliefs are right or wrong. We use this approach to persuade politicians to legislate and judges …
By Cari Jackson
Report
The Parliament of the World’s Religions Is the Closest Thing We Have to an International Interfaith Movement
This year’s Toronto Parliament showcased the accomplishments of the interfaith movement, as well as the serious challenges it faces.
By Gene Zubovich
Interview
How Do Evangelical Colleges Keep the Faith?
Adam Laats discusses his new book, “Fundamentalist U: Keeping the Faith in American Higher Education.”
By Eric C. Miller
Review
The Persistent Christian Essence of “A Wrinkle in Time”
With or without the book’s biblical quotations, the story’s theology is embedded in the plot.
By Donald Hettinga
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