A Win for Christian Counselors and Religious Liberty
In a resounding victory for religious liberty on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 in Chiles v. Salazar in favor of a Christian counselor and against Colorado’s “conversion…
April 2026
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April 2026 Print Edition
America’s Most Influential Journal of Religion and Public Life
When the Bells Stop Ringing
How Kanye Went Nazi
Last year, Kanye West—sometimes known as Ye—released a song titled “Nigga Heil Hitler.” The music video featured…
Gen Zeal
Everyone assures us that we enjoy the blessings of progress: Capitalism has produced great material wealth, modern…
Epstein’s Revelations
Far from a mere sordid distraction or an endless supply of tabloid slop, the Epstein files may…
Against “God Alone”
A few years ago, I had some routine surgery. Something went wrong in recovery. The nurses on the…
The Twisted Consequences of Chatbots
The Politics of Judas
In this Easter season, we naturally reflect on the passion of Christ, his resurrection, and all that…
A Win for Christian Counselors and Religious Liberty
In a resounding victory for religious liberty on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8–1 in Chiles…
What Drag Queens and Blackface Have in Common
My new book, The Desecration of Man, emerged from something I had noticed while researching questions of…
Turned Away on Palm Sunday
In politics, diplomacy, war, or pretty much any field of human interaction, one must contend not only…
How to Bring Back School Prayer
Though it was overshadowed by the reversal of Roe v. Wade the Friday before, the Supreme Court’s…
The Qur’an’s Christians
Hollywood released quite a few movies about Jesus in the 1960s and ’70s. Not all got rave…
Goodbye to the Postwar Consensus
The debates of the past year or two surrounding the Second World War have exposed fault lines…
Back Room to Boardroom
England’s best-groomed town is Darlington, Yorkshire. Data from Britain’s Office of National Statistics show that in 2024,…
Witch Hunt
In the musical Wicked, the familiar story of The Wizard of Oz is retold from the perspective…
Living with Wittgenstein
In the autumn of 1944, Ludwig Wittgenstein noticed a young doctoral student in attendance at his lectures…
That by which we rise
That by which we riseis that by which we fall. This comes as no surprise at all.But paradox…
Homer’s Childhood
When Homer was a little boy,He never had a single toy.All his play was in his mind;In…
A Small Hotel in Florence
Two twin-like English sisters ran the place. When we checked in, one asked, “Is it the case .…
A New Order of Religious Freedom
More than he wanted to be remembered for having been President, Mr. Jefferson wanted to be remembered…
Jews in Multicultural America
For some decades, American Jews have made sense of the relation between their Americanness and their Jewishness…
The Truth About Religious Freedom
Just now, as Islamic nations wrestle both with new theoretical ideas and new public policies concerning religious…
America’s Two Foundings
Contrasting judgments often arise from studying the Niagara of words that justified the American War for Independence—together…
Publick Religion: Adams v. Jefferson
The civic catechisms of our day still celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s experiment in religious liberty. To end a…
Truth and Tolerance
Tolerance is not a religious virtue,” a feisty rabbi is fond of declaring in public, gleefully scandalizing…
