Maggie Phillips is a freelance writer and former Tablet Journalism Fellow.
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
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in the U.S. try to translate and preserve their religious texts for a generation growing up in the diaspora—and to reclaim their community’s history
Jewish advisers help a hit television show about the life of Jesus grapple with Judaism
Courtesy of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, a rare entertainment that addresses the American miasma of loony politics and ungrounded beliefs
As the educational movement is embraced by the religious right and seen by others as a Trojan horse for Christian nationalism, its leaders seek to transcend political associations
Muslims, Jews, and Catholics wrestle with the religious implications of fake meat
Even as North Carolina’s Lumbees fight for official recognition, the Native American tribe maintains a distinct religious culture, blending Christianity with traditional rituals
