Religion
Dept. of Resilience
A Feast-Day Celebration During a Pandemic
Father Stewart disinfects the pews and prayer rails at St. Augustine-Our Lady of Victory in the Bronx.
On Religion
The Loneliest Holy Week Ever
Christians explore how to follow Jesus’ example while stuck in their homes.
Daily Comment
Pope Francis and the Coronavirus Pandemic During the Easter Holy Week
Catholics have watched and listened to the Pope as the pandemic has put both him and the habits of their faith to a test—but also made the central themes of his pontificate especially apt.
On Television
“Unorthodox,” Reviewed: A Young Woman’s Remarkable Flight from Hasidic Williamsburg
The new Netflix miniseries, starring Shira Haas, is a delicately balanced tale of leaving religious life.
On Religion
An Imam Leads His Congregation Through the Pandemic
In most states, religious institutions are exempt from shutdowns, and leaders have struggled with whether to close their doors.
Books
Dorothy Day’s Radical Faith
The life and legacy of the Catholic writer and activist, who some hope will be made a saint.
On Religion
The Gospel in a Time of Social Distancing
Turning outward to one another as the coronavirus locks us down.
Books
How Joseph Smith and the Early Mormons Challenged American Democracy
In Nauvoo, Illinois, Smith established a theocracy, ran for President, and tested the limits of religious freedom.
On Religion
A Nun’s Journey in the Amazon
How do you make a difference in a struggle that may never end?
Page-Turner
Johnny Cash’s Gospel
The book “Trains, Jesus, and Murder” makes its way through the religious ideas that animated Cash’s life and gave meaning to his music.
On Religion
Richard Rohr Reorders the Universe
The seventy-six-year-old Franciscan friar believes that Christianity isn’t the only path to salvation.
On Religion
What It Would Take for Evangelicals to Turn on President Trump
Christians concerned about Trumpism may need to turn their focus inward to counter the corrosive influence of Fox News and other forces permeating evangelical culture.
Q. & A.
Why the Editor of Christianity Today Decided to Rebuke Trump
By writing an editorial titled “Trump Should Be Removed from Office,” Mark Galli joined the cohort of evangelical leaders and commentators who have been critical of the President.
This Week in Fiction
Tiphanie Yanique on the Necessity of the Spirit
The author discusses “God’s Caravan,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine.
Cultural Comment
Kanye West’s True Salvation on “Jesus Is King”
Recent years and a new album have proved that West’s talent as a producer is the true bedrock of his legacy.
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.
Daily Comment
William Barr’s Wild Misreading of the First Amendment
Historically illiterate, morally obtuse, and willfully misleading, a recent speech by the Attorney General portrays religious people in the United States as beset by a hostile band of “secularists.”
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Personal Histories
From The New Yorker’s archive: unforgettable glimpses into writers’ private lives.
Double Take
The World of Jia Tolentino
From The New Yorker’s archive: the staff writer’s uncommonly rewarding work.
Page-Turner
The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet
Anne Lock was the first English poet to publish a sonnet cycle—more than thirty years before Philip Sidney’s “Astrophil and Stella.”