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Photo-illustration by Cristiana Couceiro. Sources: Sefa Karacan / … Clash of the Patriarchs
A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two.
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Photo-illustration by Pacifico Silano. Sources: General Synod Archives, … The ‘Secret’ Gospel and a Scandalous New Episode in the Life of Jesus
A Columbia historian said he’d discovered a sacred text with clues to Jesus’s sexuality. Was it real?
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Elizabeth Hart Marilynne Robinson Makes the Book of Genesis New
In her hands, scripture becomes a precursor to the novel.
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Pablo Delcan My Father, My Faith, and Donald Trump
Here, in our house of worship, people were taunting me about politics as I tried to mourn.
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Photo-illustration by Blake Cale for The Atlantic.* ‘I Am a Practicing Catholic and I Am a Proud Jew’
Newly opened Vatican files detail the desperate circumstances of Italian Jewish families under Fascism—including the family of the prominent American jurist Guido Calabresi.
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Illustration by Chantal Jahchan. Sources: DPA / Alamy; … The Bizarre Story Behind Shinzo Abe’s Assassination
The man who allegedly killed the former prime minister says he was aiming for something larger: the Unification Church—the Moonies—and its political influence in Japan.
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Olivia Crumm for The Atlantic The Woman Who Bought a Mountain for God
The country’s fastest-growing Christian movement helped fuel Trump’s rise—and is gearing up for spiritual battle.
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Atta Kenare / AFP / Getty Images of Ramadan 2023
Photographs of Muslims around the world observing Ramadan this year
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Jenn Ackerman / NYT / Redux Who’s Afraid of a Portrait of Muhammad?
When Hamline University cut ties with a professor who showed a painting of Muhammad, it sided with the most intolerant element of the American Muslim spectrum.
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Martin Parr / Magnum American Religion Is Not Dead Yet
Participation in traditional houses of worship is in decline, but innovation and growth are happening elsewhere.
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Alessandra Benedetti / Corbis / Getty; Pfeiffer / … Pope Benedict XVI and the Church After the Fall
He saw the magnitude of the damage the Catholic Church had inflicted, and his retreat came nearest to acknowledging it.
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The Atlantic; Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel / … The War on Christmas Is Winning
The holiday is becoming a less religious occasion for millions of Americans.
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Photo-illustration by Chantal Jahchan. Source: Vatican Pool / … The Reinvention of the Catholic Church
Scandals have taken a toll, and faith is flagging in Europe and the U.S. But Catholicism isn’t on the wane—it’s changing in influential ways.
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Getty; The Atlantic Chappelle Was Right
It really is getting harder to joke about anti-Semitism—just not for the reasons he thinks.
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Biju Boro / AFP / Getty Images of Diwali: The Festival of Lights
Photos from this year’s festival, as celebrants color their world, give prayers, and wish one another a happy Diwali
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Jean-Baptiste Lacroix / AFP / Getty Why Conspiracy Theorists Always Land on the Jews
“The more conspiratorial discourse your society has, the more likely people will become anti-Semites,” Yair Rosenberg says.
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Getty; The Atlantic How Not to Talk About the Holocaust
A simple guide to discussing Jewish genocide
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Getty; The Atlantic Private Religious Schools Have Public Responsibilities Too
Communities of faith should be able to pass on their traditions, but must still meet basic state educational standards.
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Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty Is Politics Filling the Void of Religion?
“I think if we want people to genuinely own their mistakes, then you have to offer the possibility of redemption,” Helen Lewis says.
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Getty; The Atlantic How Social Justice Became a New Religion
Our society is becoming less religious. Or is it?
