Religion

Should Pro-Life Clinics Have to Post Information About Abortion?

The Supreme Court will consider the rights of crisis pregnancy centers, which help women “imagine what the choice of life would be like.”

• Emma Green
• March 19, 2018

Mike Pompeo's Allies on the Anti-Muslim Right

The new secretary of state nominee hasn’t merely consorted with anti-Muslim bigots. He has echoed their arguments.

• Peter Beinart
• March 15, 2018

How Trump Is Remaking Evangelicalism

A new book shows the fracture lines the 45th U.S. president has created within American Christianity.  

• Emma Green
• March 12, 2018

A New Generation Redefines What It Means to Be a Missionary

Traditionally, the West sent Christian missionaries to evangelize in the Global South. In 2018, should it be the other way around?

• Saba Imtiaz
• March 8, 2018

The Muslims Who Want to Save Octopuses

In Zanzibar, cephalopods are getting a leg up from the Quran.

• Lisa De Bode
• March 3, 2018

Why Justin Trudeau Is Being Snubbed in India

The Canadian prime minister’s trip could nonetheless help him with a voting bloc he covets.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• February 22, 2018

Secretive Fraternities Are Feeding Anti-Semitism in Austria

The youth organizations can be an incubator for the far right.

• Anna Goldenberg
• February 22, 2018

Why Billy Graham Was Determined to Globalize Evangelicalism

Recognizing that Americans are not the future of his religion, the late preacher embraced “the black world, the white world, the yellow world, the rich world, the poor world.”

• Melani McAlister
• February 21, 2018

Billy Graham, the Great Uniter, Leaves Behind a Divided Evangelicalism

The preacher, dead at 99, advised presidents, mentored clergy, and influenced millions of people. Will his legacy of non-partisan outreach continue?

• Emma Green
• February 21, 2018

The War on Valentine's Day in India

Right-wing Hindu nationalists keep cracking down on sexually liberated women. But sometimes their efforts backfire.

• Elizabeth Flock
• February 14, 2018

The Female Quran Experts Fighting Radical Islam in Morocco

“The women scholars here are even more important than men.”

• Dina Temple-Raston
• February 12, 2018

The Government Gets Into the Church-Rebuilding Business

A provision tucked into the budget bill requires FEMA to treat religious institutions like other nonprofits.

• Emma Green
• February 9, 2018

Catholics Have a Messaging Problem in China

The Vatican seems desperate to beat Protestantism in the race for Chinese souls. Can it convince the population that it’s not a “cult”?

• Caroline Kitchener
• February 9, 2018

The Dark Consequences of Poland's New Holocaust Law

The country is stifling open discussion of war crimes—and jeopardizing its own standing on the world stage.

• Rachel Donadio
• February 8, 2018

Notre Dame Switches Its Position on Birth-Control Coverage—Again

The university will bar “abortion-inducing drugs” from its insurance plans but begin covering “simple contraceptives,” a move its president calls a “complex decision.”

• Emma Green
• February 7, 2018

One of Antarctica's Most Celebrated Relics Isn't What It Seems

How a mundane communion cup became a legend of early Antarctic exploration

• Fortunato Salazar
• February 1, 2018

How Muslim Women Use Fashion To Exert Political Influence

The rebellious potential of an apparently conservative style

• Elizabeth Bucar
• February 1, 2018

African Deportations Are Creating a Religious Controversy in Israel

Thousands of vulnerable migrants may soon be deported, which many Jews see as inconsistent with their faith.

• Emma Green
• January 30, 2018

The Strange Cases of Anti-Islam Politicians Turned Muslims

Three recent incidents seem to highlight a quirk of sociology.

• David A. Graham
• January 25, 2018