Maggie Phillips is a freelance writer and former Tablet Journalism Fellow.
What the blockbuster movie gets right about hoodoo
When one Episcopalian congregation lost its building to the LA wildfires, another opened its doors
Now that the show is over, should we all become Buddhists?
Six months after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, Methodists are at the center of community-renewal efforts in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains—where the church has a long history
For many Muslims struggling with addiction, the holy month offers a chance to change
Puerto Rico’s SanSe festival is, first and foremost, a raucous street party named for St. Sebastian. But its history reveals the island’s waning Catholic identity, and the enduring legacy of America’s ‘splendid little war.’
How TV writer and political satirist Rob Long found his way back to Episcopalianism
As part of a growing trend among American churches, an evangelical congregation in Dallas weaves elements of Jewish ritual and liturgy into its Christian service
Public statements after the Japanese attack in 1941 were imbued with Christian sentiment. The crowds who visit the memorial today seem less interested in making religious connections.
A Lutheran congregation and a Christian radio station have a long history in Nome, Alaska. But can they hold on to the next generation?
‘The search for God is happening largely as a search for meaning without the pressure of family life or cultural traditions’
A decade after a genocide committed by ISIS in Iraq, a civil lawsuit in the U.S. against a French company finally offers survivors a chance for financial reparations
Its building destroyed in the Maui wildfires one year ago, a historic Christian congregation with a complicated past puts its own future on hold while locals struggle to rebuild their communities
For neo-pagan followers of Greek polytheism in the U.S., everything ancient is new again
In Alaska, a unique combination of Indigenous rituals and Russian theology has a centuries-long history. It all began with sea otters.
Mumford & Sons co-founder Winston Marshall hopes to turn online culture debates into a source of community
The Commons is drawing ‘religion-curious’ people—including atheists, agnostics, and those who are ‘spiritual but not religious’—to discuss everything from spirituality and philosophy to art and technology, in a communal space that fosters a sense of self-discovery and belonging
How a Zoroastrian celebration of the Persian New Year grew into a broad symbol of cultural resilience and political resistance