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Religion

A section for news and explainers on religion news — from the latest goings-on at the Vatican to explainers on Ramadan.

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Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.

By Sigal Samuel

The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state

By Ian Millhiser

The Chosen, the Christian megahit about Jesus, explained

By Aja Romano

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The importance of staying angry at the Supreme Court

The way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time.

By Ian Millhiser

Neil Gorsuch has a problem with telling the truth

By Ian Millhiser

Why every generation thinks people were nicer in the past

By Sigal Samuel

Shiny Happy People is a great reminder of why cult documentaries should exist

By Alissa Wilkinson

Nearly 2,000 children were sexually abused in the Illinois Catholic Church

By Nicole Narea

The Supreme Court is unlikely to put the Christian Right in charge of your workplace — at least not yet

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court takes up a messy, chaotic case about religion in the workplace

By Ian Millhiser

Another child sex abuse crisis rocks the Catholic Church

By Nicole Narea

The Waco tragedy, explained

By Tara Isabella Burton

9 questions about Ramadan you were too embarrassed to ask

By Jennifer Williams

A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground

By Ian Millhiser

The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights case

By Ian Millhiser

Kanye West and the end of “wink-nudge” antisemitism

By Zack Beauchamp

The Supreme Court’s new term could be even more consequential than its last one

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court hands the religious right an unexpected loss. Don’t expect it to last.

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court fight over whether religious schools can discriminate against LGBTQ people

By Ian Millhiser

Why Silicon Valley is fertile ground for obscure religious beliefs

By Rebecca Heilweil

The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court tears a new hole in the wall separating church and state

By Ian Millhiser

The sexual abuse scandal rocking the Southern Baptist Convention, explained

By Emily St. James

The Supreme Court’s “Christian flag” decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Revisiting the Christian fantasy novels that shaped decades of conservative hysteria

By Aja Romano, Alissa Wilkinson, and 1 more

The religious right had a great day in the Supreme Court

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s “praying coach” case, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court’s latest religion opinion should reassure liberals

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court will hear a big case about whether religion is a license to discriminate

By Ian Millhiser

Can Whoopi Goldberg’s public history lesson actually do some good?

By Aja Romano

The Supreme Court is leading a Christian conservative revolution

By Ian Millhiser

Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: How to die peacefully

By Eliza Barclay

The Christian right brings a Supreme Court case it actually deserves to win

By Ian Millhiser

The quest to find a sustainable prayer rug

By Omnia Saed

The Supreme Court appears really eager to force taxpayers to fund religious education

By Ian Millhiser

The religious right wants states’ tax dollars, and the Supreme Court is likely to agree

By Ian Millhiser

Procession is a doc about the Catholic sex abuse scandal. Its approach is wholly unexpected.

By Alissa Wilkinson

The Supreme Court finally figures out that religious liberty cases are hard

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court must decide if it loves religious liberty more than the death penalty

By Ian Millhiser

9 high-stakes issues SCOTUS will take up this term

By Ian Millhiser

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