On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was ...

Cait West’s insights could not be more urgent. At a time when conservative lawmakers and… ...

Being of voting age in an American presidential election year is messy business. This has always been the case. A two-party ...

Pundits, academics, and church leaders alike decry our current age as a time of partisan rancor and disunity. People, we are ...

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In a recent front-page article, New York Times religion reporter Ruth Graham explores a historic gendered shift in church attendance. As the data show: survey after survey reveals a marked increase in ...

Dedicated to Fred Moten, inspiration and friend. After listening to a 90-minute comprehensive webinar on campus protests and antisemitism, led by a prominent Hillel rabbi at an elite university, I was ...

Jason Kirk’s first novel, Hell is a World Without You, tells the coming-of-age story of… ...

Is it valid to be annoyed when, as your plane pulls up to the gate at your destination, a flight attendant tells you and your fellow passengers, just before deplaning, to “have a blessed day”? Perhaps ...