Religious freedom has been at the center of American history since the founding. (And by the founding, I mean of the United States of America, not including the roughly century-and-a-half of colonial ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

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The DeSantis administration, in encouraging introduction of religious chaplains into Florida’s public schools, has published a definition of “religion” that appears to exclude world faiths with ...

Evangelical Protestantism (which I was an enthusiastic part of from 1977-1990, and retain many fond memories of and gratefulness for) is known for having lots of slogans and catch-phrases and mantras ...

Everyone seems to have an opinion on the demographic changes taking place in our societies. At the same time, another transition seems to have escaped public notice. We are moving steadily to making ...

THREE men — an attorney, a sculptor, and a priest — sat together in a Chicago club. They had each recently read Mr. H. G. Wells’s latest book, God the Invisible King. They had each ordered it eagerly, ...

NATIONWIDE — LEADERS OF RELIGIOUS NONPROFITS are closely watching a case unfolding in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court that involves a question on whether Catholic Charities’ care for the poor and ...

Despite Dylan’s obvious religious affinity, this song is partly open-minded. Though the entity he is serving is the Christian God, he really only calls upon the listener to find the force that moves ...

A Bible on a school desk in a classroom. A new Florida law encouraging schools to add religious chaplains to schools appears to exclude world faiths with millions of followers. (Getty Images) The ...