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The new post-Johnson Amendment regime is bound to be helpful to Republicans but unlikely to advance the cause of religion.
As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.
Henry VIII’s close adviser was resolute in upholding secular and spiritual authorities over individual judgment. When it came ...
Even since his 2016 campaign, President Donald Trump has been a strident supporter of far-right white evangelical Christian ...
Many of my secular friends are confounded. How could Jesus-loving people support a bill so harsh and regressive? "What ...
The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...
A Department of Homeland Security video lionizing Customs and Border Protection misquotes Isaiah 6:8 from the Bible.
Matthew Becklo discusses his new book and its themes, from polarization and the present spiritual crisis to 'heaven-earth ...
The pairing of right-wing brawn and dominion theology have proved potent in Brazil, with results that might look familiar to ...
I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, ...
Dr. Wylin Wilson -- who studies the Black church and bioethics -- grew up in the “black belt,” a region now largely known for its struggling economy.