Publications by Subject:  

African Americans, black churches  

The Fall of Eddie Long Religion in the News, Vol. 13, No. 2, by Anthea D. Butler
Another anti-gay crusader outed.

Claiming The King's Soul  Religion in the News, Vol. 12, No. 2, by Andrew Walsh
Michael Jackson goes home in the dignified embrace of the black church.

Riverside's Black-White Divide, Religion in the News, Vol. 11. No. 3,  by Thea A. Button and Andrew Walsh
A new pastor takes sides in the mainline flagship's long internal division over gay inclusion.

Civil Religious Revival, Religion in the News, Spring 2008, by R. Stephen Warner.
Barack Obama draws on African-American religion to revitalize civil religion.

 The Wright Neighborhood Religion in the News, Spring 2008, by Dwight N. Hopkins.
 On Chicago's South Side, it's no mystery why Jeremiah Wright is popular.

Good For the Jews? Religion in the News, Spring 2008, by Ron Kiener
 Jewish skepticism about voting for Obama. 

IRS: Bipartisan Tool Religion in the News, Spring 2008, by Marc Stern.
Complaints to the IRS are now standard political hardball.

There's a Muslim in the House, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by John Cosgriff.
Mr. Ellison goes to Congress.

Cult Fighting in Middle Georgia , Religion in the News, Summer 2006, by Susan Palmer.
A sheriff brings down a black spiritualist movement.

Raising Hell in Alabama, Religion in the News, Summer 2006, by David Stricoff.
Struggling to make sense of the Alabama church burnings.

Black Pastors Bridle at Gay Marriage, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by Christine McCarthy McMorris
Does the cultural conservatism of African-American Protestants matter politically?

African Americans, Religion in the News, Fall 2003, by Fredrick Harris.
Special Section on Religion and the 2004 Election.

"Hide, Jesse, Hide", Religion in the News, Spring 2001, [Jesse Jackson’s out-of-wedlock fatherhood damages his moral credibility], by William K. Piotrowski, editorial assistant

"The Diallo Killing: Sharpton Ecumenistes", Religion in the News, Summer 1999, [Al Sharpton leads ecumenical protest], by William K. Piotrowski, editorial assistant

"Was the Church Arson Story Legit?", Religion in the News, Summer 1999, [correspondence], Ann Rodgers Melnick, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, with reply from Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

"No National Conspiracy", Religion in the News, Spring 1999 [the black church burnings story], by Katie Day, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

"Race and Disgrace", Religion in the News, Fall 1998, [scandal involving Rev. Henry Lyons of the National Baptist Convention, the largest denomination of black Christians in the U.S.], by Jerry Watts, Trinity College