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How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America

How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America

Matthew Avery Sutton on the Role of Religion in Reconstruction

By Matthew Avery Sutton | March 4, 2026

Growing Up Alawite in Assad’s Syria

Growing Up Alawite in Assad’s Syria

Loubna Mrie Explores the Intersections of Family, Faith and National History Under Authoritarianism

By Loubna Mrie | March 4, 2026

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

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Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Huda Al-Marashi on Going to Catholic School and the Value of Having Conversations About Religion Early in Life

By Huda Al-Marashi | February 18, 2026

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

By Brittany Allen | February 17, 2026

Feminism and Palestinian Liberation Go Hand In Hand

Feminism and Palestinian Liberation Go Hand In Hand

As the popular Palestinian saying goes, “Our mere existence is resistance.”

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