Science
Report
Religious Leaders Work to Respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Across the country, faith communities are adapting traditions and trying their best to maintain religious support.
By Sarah Ngu
Editor’s Note
The Painful Necessity of Social Distancing
We avoid others so as to safeguard their well-being, not just our own.
By Marie Griffith
Report
The Spiritual Journey of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The politician speaks about how the Standing Rock protests catalyzed her spiritual and political calling.
By Sarah Ngu
Interview
The Gospel of Climate Change Skepticism
An interview with author Robin Globus Veldman about why many white evangelicals oppose action on climate change.
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
How Bad Theology Makes the Opioid Crisis Worse
There are beliefs that drive our drug policy and hold us back from the most effective treatment.
By Timothy McMahan King
Report
Black Churches Join a Green Movement
Leaders are pushing black Christians to prioritize environmentalism.
By Eric Berger
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 Kissling