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It is by now widely accepted that the second half of the 20 th century witnessed a realignment of religious politics in the United States. In particular, many scholars have written about an interfaith…

The Republican contest in this presidential election, as in many before, is between degrees of small-government-ism. To be sure, the party wasn’t always the party of “government is the problem.”…

Donald Trump is rejiggering the way the Republican Party does religion. Give Trump credit for one thing: exposing, in plain view, that much of the religious right is driven more by politics than by…

Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man” (Mark 5: 9) In the wake of the murders of nine African Americans at Emanuel AME…

Television’s best show explores faith, family ,identity, and the spectre of Reagan’s ‘evil empire’

One of the first things North Carolina congressmen Walter Jones, Jr. did on the very first day of the 114th US Congress was file House Resolution 153. The bill would repeal a law that keeps churches…

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who passed away yesterday at 82, is being remembered as one of the last of the liberal lions before the Democratic Party was overtaken by “Third Way” Clintonism. But…

Contemporary conservatism is home to an odd mix of pundits and personalities, from Bible-thumping social conservatives to blue-blooded economic elites, to assorted others who pledge to serve both God…

The biggest news to come out of the bishops’ synod in Rome so far is the acknowledgement that when it comes to talking about issues of family and sexuality, language matters. Among the examples of…

Earlier this month, Vocativ reported on rumors circulating on Twitter and some Islamic websites that a baby born with a rare birth defect known as cyclopism is actually the Muslim anti-Christ…