separation of church and state

“Taking aim” at both the Religious Right and the New Atheists, a new book aims to make progressive politics safe for the religious, and religion safe for progressive politics.

Few writers could to pick a theme as grand as the global interplay of democracy and religion and hope to utter the final word on the subject. In his latest book, Ian Buruma, a journalist and historian with over a dozen seminal books to his…

A roundup of religion in the news.

Prison and evangelical religion have been linked throughout US history; but when a faith-based rehabilitation program compels prisoners to memorize Bible verses, boundaries get blurred.

The week’s religion news.

With budgets slashed, corrections officials are struggling to reduce the recidivism rate among ex-offenders. Chuck Colson’s new program steps into the breach, and hopes to bring down the wall separating church and state to help ex-offenders stay out of prison.

Does Palin care more about bringing down the wall of separation or engaging in self-promotion?

Citizens are still free to pray on their own.

Saddleback Community College officials ignore religious diversity; lead Christian prayers at school events.

Will excising Thomas Jefferson backfire on the Texas Board of Education?