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The Forged Letter that Began a Mormon Succession Crisis

The Forged Letter that Began a Mormon Succession Crisis

Miles Harvey on the Life and Times of James J. Strang

By Miles Harvey | July 15, 2020

Is There a Better Way for the Left to Talk About American Christianity?

Is There a Better Way for the Left to Talk About American Christianity?

Marie Mutsuki Mockett on the Intersection of Justice and Faith

By Marie Mutsuki Mockett | June 24, 2020

Are Christian Churches the Next Bastion of American Socialism?

Are Christian Churches the Next Bastion of American Socialism?

Jack Jenkins on the Religious Left's Attempts to Fight Poverty

By Jack Jenkins | April 22, 2020

Where They Sing to the River: Sierra Nevada, the Heart<br> of the World

Where They Sing to the River: Sierra Nevada, the Heart
of the World

With the Arhuaco on the Sacred Magdalena River

By Wade Davis | April 15, 2020

Portrait of Kaduna City, a Half <br>Completed Story

Portrait of Kaduna City, a Half
Completed Story

Pwaangulongii Dauod on Its Drowsy, Sunlit World

By Pwaangulongii Dauod | April 15, 2020

On Being Gay in the Black Pentecostal Church

On Being Gay in the Black Pentecostal Church

And the 'Imaginative Rupture' of Queer Desire During Church Service

By Ashon T Crawley | April 10, 2020

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On Early Judaism and Its Conception of the Afterlife

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The Moment the Myth of Alien Abduction Was Born

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By Andrew Belonsky | March 16, 2020

Lessons From the Qur'an as the Bombs Fell on Tehran

Lessons From the Qur'an as the Bombs Fell on Tehran

Alireza Doostdar on Blessing, Punishment, and Witnessing War

By Alireza Doostdar | March 13, 2020

On the Paradoxes of Toni Morrison's Catholicism

On the Paradoxes of Toni Morrison's Catholicism

Nick Ripatrazone Considers the Faith of an American Icon

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On the Darkness Within Jane Whaley's Church

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Books That Blur the Lines Between Living and Dead

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Leila Aboulela: Novels About the Soul Come in Disguise

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Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

Nuns Can Party, Too: On Defying Expectations of Piety

Alena Dillon Confronts the Stereotypes of Life in the Holy Orders

By Alena Dillon | February 10, 2020

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