Latest articles by Tara Isabella Burton


Hint: The Puritans were involved.


Nearly 30 years later, the siege of David Koresh’s Branch Davidians challenges our definition of “cult.”


Trump’s favorite charge against first the Mueller investigation and now impeachment has a long history.
Despite its title, the show cares about the here and now, not the hereafter.


Twenty-nine percent of Americans anticipate a secular funeral.


Rabbis and faith leaders say the story of survival is one many Jews need right now.


“You have two ears and one mouth, so you’ve got to be listening twice as much as you’re talking.”


The theology — and the politics — behind white evangelicals’ ambivalence towards migrants.


The social media network is accused of hiring a right-wing PR firm to smear its critics.


Trump’s Diwali tweet referenced Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains — but not Hindus.
