Feature The Coquette Catholic TrendSeptember 5, 2024Lauren Horn Griffin, Nicole PhillipsWhat can this online aesthetic that rejects the tradwife trend for another “trad” expression of femininity tell us about...
Perspective Hasidic Yeshivas and Children's RightsSeptember 5, 2024Dena S. DavisPrivate religious schools aren't providing boys with adequate English or secular education, which makes leaving Hasidic communities as adults...
Perspective Live By The Coin, Die By The Coin: Religion, Play, and Gen Z "Coin Boys"August 1, 2024Corey WozniakFrom Tarot cards to coin flipping, religion is showing up among today’s teens in surprising ways
Perspective The Symbolic Significance of Jewish Students in the Pro-Palestine Campus ProtestsAugust 1, 2024Oren Kroll-ZeldinJewish college students play an important role in the protests against the war in Gaza
Excerpt Houses of Worship Protecting People from Deportation and Supporting Latino CommunitiesJune 11, 2024Gina M. PérezAn excerpt from “Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities”
Perspective On the Banality of Evil in Catholic Horrors FilmsJune 11, 2024Matthew J. Cressler“Killers of the Flower Moon” and “The Zone of Interest” contain important lessons about atrocities committed by Catholics
Feature How the Hindu Far-Right is Overhauling India’s Schools and TextbooksMay 8, 2024Sabah Gurmat, Kaushik RajHindu nationalists are changing what students learn and what takes place in India’s school systems
Feature An Amish Farmer’s Court Case and a Curious Coalition of Rightwing SupportersMay 8, 2024Kelsey OsgoodThe Amish farm at the center of a political maelstrom ten years in the making
Feature The Evolution of Pope Francis’s Stance on LGBTQ RightsApril 4, 2024Jamie ValentinoThe pontiff’s shifting positions on queer Catholics
Feature On the Frontiers of Psychedelic-Assisted Chaplaincy and Spiritual CareApril 4, 2024Ken ChitwoodChaplains and religious leaders are working with people to use psychedelics to heal from trauma and have spiritual experiences
Column More than Missionary: Abortion On DemandApril 4, 2024Gillian FrankThe surprising history of a politically charged phrase
Editor's Letter Editor's Letter: Activists Remaking the WorldApril 4, 2024Brett KrutzschThe Editor reflects on the activists who continue to fight for a just and equitable world
Excerpt Music to Make People Believe: The Soundtrack of White Evangelical CultureMarch 7, 2024Leah PayneAn excerpt from “God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music”
Feature Crucifying the Musical ChristMarch 7, 2024Ian N MillsThe Politics of Jesus’ Death in "Godspell" and "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Perspective Oppenheimer, or How to Use Jews to Justify the Atom BombMarch 7, 2024Noah BerlatskyThe film presents Europe’s antisemitism as justification for massive violence
Perspective From Scrolling to The Scroll: A Model for Learning about Crises that Demand Our AttentionMarch 7, 2024Sharrona PearlSlow learning, based on Jewish textual study and open to everyone, to counter hot-takes and better understand today’s world
Feature From Puerto Rico to Palestine, with SolidarityMarch 7, 2024Ken Chitwood Exploring alliances between Puerto Ricans and Palestinians
Feature My Year of Magical Baby-MakingFebruary 6, 2024Corey WozniakExploring the “Babydust Method” and its connections to religion, both ancient and modern
Feature Monk Mode: Monastic Living for the Digital AgeFebruary 6, 2024Catherine L. NewellWhat is behind apps and hashtags that aim to help people become more productive by being like monks?
Perspective Elisabeth Elliot, Flawed Queen of Purity Culture, and Her Disturbing Third MarriageFebruary 6, 2024Liz Charlotte GrantWas the famous evangelical woman in a manipulative marriage?
Perspective Evangelicals Make Themselves Essential to the Next InsurrectionFebruary 6, 2024David W. Congdon, Jason BrunerWhat the documentary “The Essential Church” reveals about evangelical hostility toward the government
Column More than Missionary: The Mourning AfterFebruary 6, 2024Gillian FrankThe Arkansas legislature approved plans for a memorial to “unborn children” terminated “during the era of Roe v Wade”
Feature Contradictory Conditions: Jewish Life in East Germany, Past and PresentDecember 7, 2023Ken Chitwood How Jewish communities have re-established themselves in eastern Germany
Perspective Beyoncé Gives Us a Black, Queer, and Spiritual RenaissanceDecember 7, 2023Darnise C. MartinThrough her music, tour, and videos, Beyoncé shares African spiritual traditions and Black culture with the world