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The Revealer is an award-winning online magazine that explores religion and its many roles in society and people’s lives. Published ten times a year, The Revealer takes seriously how religion shapes, and is shaped by, race, sexuality, gender, politics, history, and culture. We aim to help the public better understand religion’s place in the world by providing valuable insights, nuanced perspectives, and incisive analysis.
The Revealer features accessible articles from scholars, journalists, and freelance writers. For scholars, writing for The Revealer offers an opportunity to share their expertise with a broad, public audience. For journalists and freelance writers, The Revealer is an ideal space to delve deeper than they would be able to in other publications. We publish articles in many forms, including feature essays with original research or on-the-ground reporting, perspective pieces, first-person narratives, book/film/television reviews, interviews, and more. We do not publish articles written in whole or in part by artificial intelligence. Source
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Search ArticlesThe Revealer Podcast Episode 71: Wellness Culture and Religion
The limits of today’s wellness trends and how thinking about their religious roots might give them more meaning What are the limits of today’s wellness culture and how might thinking about the religious roots of wellness trends give them more meaning? Liz Bucar, author of Beyond Wellness: How Restoring the Religious Roots of Spiritual Practices Can Heal Us, joins us to discuss today’s wellness industry. How might things like yoga and fitness classes offer more if we think about religion?
Hindu Nationalism's New Frontiers, from Sri Lanka to the United States
Although Buddhists make up more than 70% of Sri Lanka’s population, a Hindu nationalist group in the country’s northern Jaffna peninsula has begun using a political vocabulary that would be familiar thousands of kilometers away in India.
The Revealer Podcast Episode 72: The January 6 Women Insurrectionists and Their Conspiracy Beliefs
Why so many women are drawn to conspiracy theories Why should we consider women specifically when thinking about the conspiracy theories that haunt and shape American politics? Noelle Cook, author of The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging, joins us to discuss the women who stormed the Capitol on January 6 and the conspiracy theories they believe. What are some of the most prominent conspiracy theories January 6 women insurrectionists believe?
How Jewish Food Became American
(Image source: Pasadena Magazine) Like many immigrant communities in the United States, Jews are often recognized and celebrated for the foods they contributed to the American culinary scene. Bagels, dill pickles, and deli sandwiches piled high with corned beef have become recognizable not just as Jewish, but also as American foods. These dishes are now available everywhere from grocery store shelves to high-end restaurants. But neither Jews, nor their foods, became American overnight.
Why I Quit Church—and Why I’m Not Alone
(Image source: Eleanor Davis/The New York Times) The excerpt comes from the book’s introduction, “Damned When She Did.” For an agnostic writing about women leaving church, I’ve spent a surprising amount of time in sanctuaries recently. I want to know why people stay; I want to see who is left. I was once a deeply faithful United Methodist teen who thought she was being called into the ministry.
Compacts of Silence — The Revealer
(Image source: Chloe Cushman/The Walrus) The following excerpt comes from Amy D. McDowell’s Whispers in the Pews: Evangelical Uniformity in a Divided America (New York University Press, 2026). The book is based on an ethnography of a church where “all are welcome” in Oxford, Mississippi, a college town on the brink of deep polarization.
Democracy Requires Religious Pluralism
(New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates the Hindu festival Holi in March 2026. Image source: QNS) Should America be a multi-religious society? Or should it be a confessional monolith for Christians? These questions have been at the core of American democracy at least since the Puritans fled England seeking religious freedom and a chance to impose their own views on, and/or exterminate, native people.
The Revealer Podcast Episode 73: Christian Women Empowering Right-Wing Politics
What unites the Christian women who support the political right in America What are the main issues that unite Christian women on the political right and how are they empowering rightwing politics? Katie Gaddini, author of Esther’s Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right, joins us to discuss the large demographic of politically conservative Christian women in the U.S. How do these women see themselves and their fellow conservative Christians?
Podcast Series: Conservative Religion and Politics in the United States
A four-part series on right-wing politics and religion in the lead-up to the 2026 Midterm elections We are dedicating four episodes of The Revealer podcast to making sense of conservative religion and politics in the United States as a lead-up to the 2026 Midterm elections.
Editor's Letter: Our Commitment to Human-Created Writing and Ideas
Dear Revealer readers, This summer, I had the opportunity to return to my high school for the first time in more than twenty years so I could sign the library’s copy of my book. As the head librarian pointed out changes to the library, we reminisced about the libraries of our youths, of card catalogues, the Dewey Decimal System, learning how to use online databases, and checking out massive stacks of books to write research papers. A world before Google, Amazon, and social media.