Erasmus
Notes on the interplay between religion and policy, in the spirit of the Dutch Renaissance humanist and scholar
The future of the Catholic church
A high-noon moment for Pope Francis over the Amazon
Ideological rifts widen as Catholic bishops ponder endangered forests and married priests
Islam and politics
Why American Muslims lean leftwards for 2020
Islam’s followers are not so much firebrands as nomads in search of a home
Turbulent priests
Taking sides in the Orthodox Church’s battles over Russia and Ukraine
Conflicts within Slavic Orthodoxy are having some strange side effects
Religion and free speech
Blasphemy laws are quietly vanishing in liberal democracies
Despite the abolition of outdated laws, a culture of freedom is failing to take hold
Spire straits
English cathedrals attract the devout, the dotty and darker forces
A cherished tradition of independence can lead to abuses and poor management
Christianity and Marxism
Church leaders in central and eastern Europe remain surprisingly loth to condemn their old adversary
The extraordinary events of 1989 are half-forgotten as clerics look elsewhere
Religion and vulnerability
Why charismatic Christianity is popular with migrants
It offers a fixed point in a transitory world
Religion and British politics
Boris Johnson’s confusing and contradictory religious history
From the Roman to the Abrahamic, the prime minister’s spiritual history is a mess
The Latter-day Saints
Overcoming the Mormon legacy on race
Building bridges between an anti-racist movement and a conservative faith
Russia, Belarus and Orthodoxy
Why Vladimir Putin took an atheist to an ancient monastery
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus accompanied his Russian counterpart to the magnificent monastery of Valaam this week
Religious employers
Why much is at stake in a tale of teachers in Middle America
A new sensitivity over discrimination in the secular world is making it harder for religious institutions to apply a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy