Religion

The Evangelical Reckoning Begins

Andy Stanley, the pastor of one of the largest megachurches in the country, ponders the future of an influential corner of American Christianity.

• Emma Green
• November 15, 2020

The Catholic Temptation

Former Vice President Joe Biden is using his Scranton bona fides to win over a key voting bloc.

• Emma Green
• October 28, 2020

The True Victors of Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination

Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension is a triumph for the conservative legal movement.

• Emma Green
• September 25, 2020

Is This Really the End of Abortion?

Democrats might crush Republicans in November. With a 6–3 conservative Supreme Court majority, abortion rights could still be decimated.

• Emma Green
• September 22, 2020

The Pandemic Has Parents Fleeing From Schools—Maybe Forever

COVID-19 is a catalyst for families who were already skeptical of the traditional school system—and are now thinking about leaving it for good.

• Emma Green
• September 13, 2020

Georgia Sends a Preacher to Washington

Anger over Donald Trump’s leadership created an opening for progressives to flip formerly solid-red states such as Georgia—and reclaim the identity of so-called values voters.

• Emma Green
• August 23, 2020

Kamala Harris’s Nomination Reopens the Wounds of 2016

Why having a woman vice-presidential candidate is historic—and painful for young feminists

• Emma Green
• August 13, 2020

The End of the Secular Republic

India’s and Turkey’s leaders are turning buildings into battlegrounds for nationalists.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• August 13, 2020

How Jerry Falwell Jr. Lost His Liberty Flock

The university’s leader has effectively become a spokesman for evangelicalism. Pastors and alumni worry about the consequences for their faith.

• Emma Green
• August 9, 2020

The Anti-Abortion-Rights Movement Prepares to Build a Post-Roe World

As activists move closer to their goal of making abortion illegal, they have started planning for the infrastructure needed for a world with more babies—and recruiting major CEOs to bankroll their cause.

• Emma Green
• August 7, 2020

When Conservative Justices Revolt

Donald Trump promised religious voters that he would protect them with his Supreme Court appointments. The justices are not necessarily playing along.

• Emma Green
• July 28, 2020

The Unofficial Racism Consultants to the White Evangelical World

Behind every white pastor’s statement about racial reconciliation is a Black colleague’s late-night tracked changes.

• Emma Green
• July 5, 2020

What the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Means

Trump promised to appoint justices who would “automatically” overturn Roe v. Wade. The chief justice just made sure that won’t happen before the 2020 election.

• Emma Green
• June 29, 2020

The Temptation of Kayleigh McEnany

How an ardent defender of faith—and Donald Trump—came to think of the press as her enemy

• Emma Green
• June 25, 2020

The Wedding That Started a Republican Civil War

In a church parking lot Saturday, Virginia Republicans decided the future of their party.

• Emma Green
• June 13, 2020

The Pastors Already Planning to Rebel Against Future Shutdowns

A growing number of pastors believe the government overstepped in keeping churches closed this spring.

• Emma Green
• May 31, 2020

The Tensions Underlying Pakistan’s Ramadan Decision

The country has exempted Ramadan gatherings from its lockdown, illustrating the temptation, and the risks, of coming together.

• Yasmeen Serhan
• May 7, 2020