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"I know that their encounter with Pope Francis inspired them to be a little more committed to their own ministry, a little more giving of themselves in service to others." Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski on what other faith leaders can learn from Pope Francis: arcmag.org/papal-envy/

arcmag.org/peter-beinart-… "Peter Beinart still can’t seem to forsake what has become his comfortable role as teller of uncomfortable truths." Judah Isseroff on what Beinart can tell us about Israel, and what he can't tell us about Judaism.

"For eight years they have been sitting in the refugee camps in Gaza, and before their eyes we have been transforming the lands and the villages, where they and their fathers dwelt, into our estate.” Alexander Nazaryan on the speech that defines zionism: arcmag.org/the-bitter-wis…

The Silicon Valley right has used Tolkien to merge oligarchic power, private equity, and the U.S. military—a military-industrial complex with Tolkienesque characteristics. Lee Konstantinou on "Mythic Capital" in Arc. arcmag.org/mythic-capital/

Huck Finn is racist and reductive. It is also a classic. Naomi Kanakia wrestles with the legacy of Mark Twain's maybe-masterpiece, in Arc Magazine: arcmag.org/is-huck-finn-s…

"Efficiency might not, it turns out, bring about greater happiness." Abram Van Engen reviews Nicholas Carr's Superbloom, about the pitfalls of our technological age, in Arc Magazine: arcmag.org/slow-down-you-…

What do desert flowers have to do with technological malaise? In the second episode of our new podcast, we sit down with Nicholas Carr, author of the new book Superbloom, to talk religion, politics, et cetera. arcmag.org/podcast/episod…

Our online journal Arc: Arc Magazine Et Cetera has launched a podcast! rap.wustl.edu/news/online-jo…

A popular campus ditty went: “Oh, Harvard’s run by millionaires / And Yale is run by booze / Cornell is run by farmers’ sons / Columbia’s run by Jews.” amysohn.bsky.social on the history of antisemitism in America's women's colleges, published in Arc Magazine: arcmag.org/a-jewess-would…

Are we living through another red scare? @petrosky_miguel sits down with Clay Risen to figure it out. arcmag.org/blacklists-and…

Who are religious protections for? This Supreme Court has sided with the majority power over the minority power more than any other court in history. Jane Eisner tells us why, it what it means for the future of religious freedom in America. arcmag.org/an-online-okla…

Pope Leo spent his early years in the far South Side suburbs of Dolton and Riverdale, where he was a choir and altar boy at St. Mary of the Assumption Church. As the population in the deindustrializing town plummeted, so too did church attendance. arcmag.org/the-now-vacant…

A new article in Arc Magazine asks why more Christians aren't fighting back against the rise of sports gambling. It's a good question. For most of the 20th century, opposition to gambling was a key issue for Protestant Christian engagement with sports. There are still some

A Peanut Farmer and Hasidic Rabbi Helped Build the Department of Education. Can Their Legacy Save It? A look back at just what Jimmy Carter and the Lubavitcher Rebbe were trying to achieve By Tamara Mann Tweel Arc Magazine arcmag.org/a-peanut-farme…

"A curious feature about the sports gambling backlash is not who is involved but who is not involved: Christians" Jonathan Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, asks why more Christians aren't fighting the rise of online sports gambling for Arc Magazine arcmag.org/where-are-all-…

What is education for? As the Trump administration works to demolish the DOE, Tamara Mann Tweel offers a brilliant and sweeping history of its origins, and an argument for its spiritual necessity today. arcmag.org/a-peanut-farme…

What's the etiquette of evangelizing? Mark Oppenheimer sits down with Molly Worthen to discuss saving people's souls, "The Karate Kid," and whether Trump has charisma, in the latest episode of Arc: The Podcast! arcmag.org/podcast/episod…

Just finished reading Tamara Mann Tweel's fantastic piece on Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and the Rebbe's vision for the U.S. Department of Education: A Peanut Farmer and Hasidic Rabbi Helped Build the Department of Education. Can Their Legacy Save It? arcmag.org/a-peanut-farme… via Arc Magazine

When did American religion become a force that divides, rather than unites, our country? The 1980s, argues Paul Elie in his new book about the decade, reviewed for Arc by the great Blake Smith: arcmag.org/who-gets-a-sea…

"The whole creation story to me, I think we’ve read it wrong. Because if you read it, it is making us custodians of this incredible biodiversity." Beth Kissileff sits down with writer Geraldine Brooks to talk about grief, religion, and writing: arcmag.org/geraldine-broo…