Religion
Inside the Megachurch Where Shrooms and Weed Are Religion
I negotiated with the armed guard, met its charismatic leader, and got anointed.
Inside France’s Wild Annual Biker Pilgrimage
Thousands of motorcyclists descend on a tiny French commune to party and receive blessings from a biker-priest.
How My Family Survived Sexual Abuse Within the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Growing up, a man was sexually abused by an older church member. Then his daughter suffered the same fate.
We Asked Catholic School Kids About the Most Backwards Shit They Witnessed
"Now I realise that it was just really horrible bigotry and mental abuse in the classroom."
‘I Dove into Polyamory and Haven’t Looked Back’: Young Divorcees On Ending Their Early Marriages
We asked 20-something divorcees what it's like getting married and divorced by age 30.
‘Stretched Between Heaven & Hell’: Marcus Whale’s Journey of Holy Eroticism
Like Arca? Or Yves Tumor? Like music that pulsates throughout your body? Listen to this.
A Political Candidate Beheaded a Satanic Temple Statue. Now He Faces Charges.
Michael Cassidy, a former U.S. Navy pilot, destroyed a display of Baphomet, which was being featured at the Iowa State Capitol.
I Spent a Weekend Drinking Beer with Belgian Monks
It was extremely peaceful. Westmalle’s Trappist monks might be onto something.
The Women Exposing Abuse at Their Churches
‘Disobedient Women’ tells the stories of communities controlled by pastors and powerful churches and the organizers who fought back.
A Nameless, Insular Religious Sect Is Being Rocked by a Massive Sexual Abuse Scandal
Known to outsiders as the “Two by Twos,” a little-known community is reckoning with a far-reaching scandal over sexual abuse, accountability, and power.
Photos Celebrating Indigenous South African Spirituality
Giya Makondo-Wills spent three years photographing the people of her home-region Limpopo and beyond.
Nuns Behaving Badly
Craig A. Monson studies forgotten nuns, like the one who changed her name to Lesbia or the convent that set their own cloister down.