
Tara Isabella Burton
Former Staff Writer, Religion
Latest articles by Tara Isabella Burton


He died at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool, England, after being taken off life support.


House Chaplain Pat Conroy’s firing has prompted a political firestorm.


20 percent of Christians don’t believe in the God of the Bible — but 17 percent of religious “nones” do.


Republican partisanship and a utilitarian evangelical strategy might help explain why.


A ProPublica/New York Times Magazine investigation reveals shady practices at the university’s distance learning program. But its status as a nonprofit means federal crackdown is unlikely.


Bill Hybels, Willow Creek Church founder, resigns after sexual misconduct allegations.


Lynchburg’s Red Letter Revival brought “pro-testifiers” to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s door.


The pope thinks you should get off Twitter.


Ross Douthat’s new book asks some important questions about Catholicism, and modernity as a whole.


David Lynch’s 1986 masterpiece treats sin and grace more seriously than most explicitly Christian films do.