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

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

The Eyes of Tammy Faye captures the moment the GOP got in bed with the Christian right

By Alissa Wilkinson

3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term

By Ian Millhiser

Abortion rights, Joe Biden, and communion: The controversy, explained

By Cameron Peters

America’s largest evangelical denomination is at war with itself

By Zack Beauchamp

An epic Supreme Court showdown over religion and LGBTQ rights ends in a whimper

By Ian Millhiser

How can we make it right? What the world’s religions have to say about justice.

By Carol Kuruvilla

The Christian right is racking up huge victories in the Supreme Court, thanks to Amy Coney Barrett

By Ian Millhiser

An unholy union

By Kim Kelly

The Supreme Court’s new decision about evangelical preachers on campus, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The psychedelic roots of Christianity

By Sean Illing

Lent, explained

By Alissa Wilkinson