Sexuality & Gender

Essay
The Religious Activism Behind U.S. Refugee Policy
Advocacy for (or against) particular refugee groups tends to follow sectarian and political allegiances.
By Lauren Turek
Report
The Changing Faces of American Rabbis
More diverse groups are joining the rabbinate across the United States.
By Nomi Kaltmann
Essay
U.S. Catholic Bishops Succumb to Partisan Politics in Eucharist Debate
All Catholics lose when church leaders become political, not moral, actors.
By John T. McGreevy
Essay
The Tragedy of Russell Moore
The former Southern Baptist official helped create the dynamics that led to his resignation.
By Brian Kaylor
Essay
The Atlanta Shootings, Evangelical America, and the Korean War
We have to understand the multiple historical roots of violence against Asian American women.
By Helen Jin Kim
Interview
Taking on the Christian Patriarchy: An Interview with Beth Allison Barr
The author refutes that the subjugation of women is biblical.
By Eric C. Miller
Essay
The Eugenics Roots of Evangelical Family Values
James Dobson and the harmful history of Christian marriage counseling.
By Audrey Clare Farley
Excerpt
Making the World Over: Confronting Racism, Misogyny, and Xenophobia in U.S. History
An excerpt from our editor’s new book, “Making the World Over.”
By Marie Griffith
Interview
White Evangelical Racism: An Interview with Anthea Butler
“Racism is a feature, not a bug, of American evangelicalism,” Anthea Butler writes.
By Eric C. Miller
Report
Is Social Media Fueling a Women’s Rights Revolution in the Orthodox Jewish Community?
Women are taking to Instagram to call for divorce reforms.
By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt