Introducing and launching a new series of articles based on the American Families of Faith project involving scholars at BYU and beyond. The project aims to deepen understanding of diverse religious families across the United States.
Dehumanization is wrong. Of course, we all know that … UNLESS we’re talking about Those People who believe truly awful things, right?
The principles of liberty, equality and honoring our common humanity are inconsistent with race prejudice. Those remain the best weapon ever formed against it, today as in 1865.
COVERING THE COVERAGE
Popular caricatures of a prophet conjure images of a wild-eyed, overzealous man standing out in public to share a fear-mongering message of terrifying punishment to come. If that’s your idea of a prophet, Russell Nelson—a man upheld by members of The Church of Jesus...
A troubling thing has happened in America, a land built on the idea that a citizenry could self-govern together despite their differences. Several years ago, people took it as a laugh line to see at Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity a placard that read, “I...
“To be in the world but not of it” is a familiar characterization of the challenge of the Christian life. Though not exactly scriptural, the formula captures something of the spirit of John 17:15-18: I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that...
