(RNS) — The role of religion and politics has always been controversial in America, from its inception to the present day. Many of the original colonies were founded by religious communities looking ...

Huffington is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global. We’ve had so many post-mortems on the election that a wave of post-mortems on the post-mortems is now coming in. But if we zoom out—way out—and look ...

In “The Use and Misuse of Religion” (column, Sept. 27), David Brooks makes a characteristically compelling case for the proper relationship between faith and politics. Yet as a lifelong Christian, I ...

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states (in part): “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …” The phrase “separation ...

Randall Balmer angrily insists that “the evangelical subculture ... prizes conformity above all else” (“Jesus Is Not a Republican,” The Chronicle Review, June 23). He insists that longtime friends and ...

Religion publishers are launching a wave of titles with a Christian perspective addressing many of the fundamental questions rattling the nation today: Is the United States a land where people heed ...

There’s a clear divide in how Americans view the influence of LGBTQ+ people in society. Three out of four Democrats who said LGBTQ+ people have had an impact on the U.S. see that as positive, ...

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Controversies regarding religion in the classroom in the United States are as old as the public school system itself. Most recently, a Louisiana law mandates that posters of the Ten Commandments be ...