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Feature

An Amish Farmer’s Court Case and a Curious Coalition of Rightwing Supporters

May 8, 2024Kelsey Osgood

The Amish farm at the center of a political maelstrom ten years in the making

Excerpt

Establishing Reagan’s Religious Outlook for the U.S.

August 1, 2023Diane Winston

An excerpt from “Righting the American Dream: How the Media Mainstreamed Reagan’s Evangelical Vision”

Feature

The Brazil Riots, Bolsonaro, and Spiritual Warfare

May 9, 2023Miguel Petrosky

Pentecostalism and its influence on Brazilian politics

Conversation

Atheists, Social Media, and American Politics

November 11, 2022Donovan Schaefer, Chris Stedman

A conversation with Chris Stedman about his two books, Faitheist and IRL, and the place of religion and the...

Feature

Pentecostals’ Political Warfare

June 14, 2022Miguel Petrosky

A subset of Pentecostals is preparing for a spiritual battle over American elections that could turn into actual violence

Perspective

The Trump Era’s Tribalism Discourse: Reflections on a "Weird Euphemism"

May 6, 2020Charles McCrary

Why are politicians and pundits describing the current political climate as one marked by "tribalism"?

Feature

Sorkin Delenda Est

April 26, 2019Jon Greenway

It's time to give up our faith in centrist liberalism and cast down our West Wing idols.

In the News

In the News: Cruelty, Comedy, and Communists

October 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

In the News

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

September 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

Column

The Patient Body: Unearned Positions

June 20, 2018Ann Neumann

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine....

In the Godforsaken Wilderness: Sound and Fury on the Delaware

April 5, 2017

In the Godforsaken Wilderness is a blog by Patrick Blanchfield being published in the wake of the 2016 presidential...

Excerpt, Review

Excerpt: Classifying Christians by Todd S. Berzon

June 6, 2016

An excerpt from Classifying Christians: Ethnography, Heresiology, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity by Todd S. Berzon.

The Patient Body: Phyllis Schlafly’s Urology

June 6, 2016

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine....

The Hindus, Hitler, and the Politics of Looking Forward

May 13, 2014

Drew Thomases on censorship, nationalism, and memory in Indian publishing and electoral politics.

Diminishing Returns: Sufi Shrines in Pakistan's Politics

January 15, 2014

From Pakistan, Umar Farooq looks at the diminishing political role of Sufi saints and shrines in a rapidly urbanizing...

Review

Divine Intervention: American Faith in Foreign Policy

November 7, 2012

Gale Kenny reviews Andrew Preston's new book, "Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and...

Sudans

January 12, 2011

Abby Ohlheiser: In the collective gasp that followed the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, the story of the ongoing...

Israel Studies, A Form of Public Diplomacy?

May 29, 2010

“I know what the podium I stand behind represents, what Israel studies represents. I know this is a...

Xian Ed 101: How to Eat Spotted Owl

September 22, 2005

“When asked how they heard about Summit [Christian defense workshops for college students], several students can’t remember. ‘Everyone knows...

Greening Christianity, Whitewashing the News

September 6, 2005

Buzzing its way through the British media is the recent announcement that three Christian faith-based organizations have joined together...

Cheap Grace & Dumb Journalism

February 11, 2005

Washington Post‘s Dan Balz says incoming DNC chair Howard Dean “offers a secular vision of the world at a time when...

God and Politics in the Press

October 31, 2004

God & Politics in the Press, Oct. 31 31 October 2004 The battle for votes and souls passes its...

02 September 2004 Daily Links

September 2, 2004

From the Kerry war room, on the uses and abuses of scriptural metaphor. Melanie Hunter of CNSNews reports the story of a Reuters editor, Todd...

30 August 2004 Daily Links

August 30, 2004

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, expressed frustration with “the rawness of the anger” which characterized the divisions in the...

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An Amish Farmer’s Court Case and a Curious Coalition of Rightwing Supporters

Establishing Reagan’s Religious Outlook for the U.S.

The Brazil Riots, Bolsonaro, and Spiritual Warfare

Atheists, Social Media, and American Politics

Pentecostals’ Political Warfare

The Trump Era’s Tribalism Discourse: Reflections on a "Weird Euphemism"

Sorkin Delenda Est

In the News: Cruelty, Comedy, and Communists

In the News: Mourning, Reckoning, and Looking Ahead

The Patient Body: Unearned Positions

In the Godforsaken Wilderness: Sound and Fury on the Delaware

Excerpt: Classifying Christians by Todd S. Berzon

The Patient Body: Phyllis Schlafly’s Urology

The Hindus, Hitler, and the Politics of Looking Forward

Diminishing Returns: Sufi Shrines in Pakistan's Politics

Divine Intervention: American Faith in Foreign Policy

Sudans

Israel Studies, A Form of Public Diplomacy?

Xian Ed 101: How to Eat Spotted Owl

Greening Christianity, Whitewashing the News

Cheap Grace & Dumb Journalism

God and Politics in the Press

02 September 2004 Daily Links

30 August 2004 Daily Links

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