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Bethany Beams / Courtesy of Jen Hatmaker What Obligation Do White Christian Women Have to Speak Out About Politics?
Jen Hatmaker says the “days of silence are over” in polite evangelical culture.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why the Charlottesville Marchers Were Obsessed With Jews
Anti-Semitic logic fueled the violence over the weekend, no matter what the president says.
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Athar Hussain / Reuters Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
What reports of forced conversion in Pakistan say about the country on the 70th anniversary of its creation
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Jim Bourg / Reuters How Will the Church Reckon With Charlottesville?
Religious communities are grappling with the racism that enabled violent attacks against protesters—including the racism within their ranks.
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Michael Stravato/AP Progressive Values Can't Be Just Secular Values
New polls suggest liberals have an increasingly negative view of religion, despite the fact that most Democrats—and Americans—are religious.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters Convert Nation
More than one-third of Americans identify with a religion different than the one they grew up with.
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Jorge Silva / Reuters How Two Brothers Took Over a Filipino City for ISIS
The country has a history of separatist movements. But it had never seen an extremist takeover like this.
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Bryan Woolston / Reuters The JCC Bomb-Threat Suspect Had a Client
Newly unsealed FBI documents suggest the Israeli arrested for sending the threats was selling his services for a fee.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Hillary Wants to Preach
Religion is playing a big role in Clinton’s post-election tour. What does she have to gain from sharing her faith now?
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic Why Are There No New Major Religions?
The story of one imprisoned prophet illustrates the difficulties of getting a “baby religion” off the ground.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic Tell Us: Have You Been Part of a New Religious Movement?
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Muhammad Hamed / Reuters The Anger in Jordan's Streets
Protests in the country's capital are directed not only at Israel but also at the Jordanian government.
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Palestinian and Israeli Leaders Are Struggling to Respond to Al Aqsa Crisis
Both Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu keep trying to insert themselves into the popular drama.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump’s Transgender Ban Could Force Out Thousands of Service Members
The president’s announcement reverses the Obama-era plan to phase in the open participation of these Americans.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters How Much Discrimination Do Muslims Face in America?
Many are suspicious of those who practice Islam. Many more are trying to reach out.
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Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters Why Germany's New Muslims Go to Mosque Less
Far from trying to “Islamicize” the country, some Syrian refugees find its version of Islam too conservative for their taste.
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Eric Gaillard / Reuters The Burqini Debate's Irresolvable Tension
Liberals emphasize personal choice, but their conception of choice has its limits.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters What's the Problem With Metal Detectors in Jerusalem?
How a seemingly simple measure sparked a crisis
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Wolfgang Rattay /Reuters The Meaning of India's 'Beef Lynchings'
The rise in anti-Muslim violence under Modi suggests that the demons of the country’s past are very much alive.
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Dimitar Dilkoff / Getty ISIS Destroyed Jonah’s Tomb, but Not Its Message
Iraqis of Armenian, Arab, Assyrian, and Jewish descent recall what the shrine symbolized on the third anniversary of its destruction.
