Eliza Griswold
Eliza Griswold, a contributing writer covering religion, politics, and the environment, has been writing for The New Yorker since 2003. She has written and translated four books of nonfiction and poetry. She is the author, most recently, of “Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America,” a 2018 Times Notable Book and a Times Critics’ Pick, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, in 2019. Griswold has held fellowships at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the New America Foundation, among others, and has been awarded various prizes, including the J. Anthony Lukas Prize, a PEN Translation Prize, and the Rome Prize for her poetry. Her second book of poems, “If Men, Then,” was published in 2020. She is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
All Work
- On Religion
Giving Up Carbon for Lent
Some Christians have made the commitment to limit their consumption in service of the Earth, rather than themselves.
March 23, 2020
- On Religion
Richard Rohr Reorders the Universe
The seventy-six-year-old Franciscan friar believes that Christianity isn’t the only path to salvation.
February 2, 2020
- Letter from Indiana
The New Front Line of the Anti-Abortion Movement
As rural health care flounders, crisis pregnancy centers are gaining ground.
November 11, 2019
- On Religion
Teaching Democrats to Speak Evangelical
The faith-based organization Vote Common Good aims to help Democratic candidates connect with religious voters who have become disenchanted with the excesses of the Trump Administration.
October 19, 2019
- News Desk
Yoga Reconsiders the Role of the Guru in the Age of #MeToo
In traditional yogic practice, devotion to the guru is meant to symbolize devotion to the teachings, not to the man. But in the Western context gurus become rock stars, and students compete for their favor.
July 23, 2019
- Postscript
The Radically Inclusive Christianity of Rachel Held Evans
The formidable figure in contemporary Christianity called for an intersectional approach that embraced people of color, L.G.B.T.Q. people, and women in all roles in the church.
May 6, 2019
- On Religion
God, Guns, and Country: The Evangelical Fight Over Firearms
Shane Claiborne is part of a wave of millennial evangelicals who are distancing themselves from American conservatism, especially when it comes to gun culture.
April 19, 2019
- On Religion
The Renegade Nuns Who Took On a Pipeline
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ see protecting the earth as part of their religious duty. When an energy company started building on their land, they fought back.
April 10, 2019
- On Religion
The Violent Toll of Hindu Nationalism in India
A populist Prime Minister has legitimized India’s more militant groups, and targeted attacks against religious minorities are on the rise.
March 5, 2019
