Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most ancient and dangerous combinations is religion and governmental power. Ancient rulers and religious leaders ...

What’s the cost of aligning Christianity to division? As the political landscape grows ever more polarized, religious language has become a tool for framing debates in extreme, all-or-nothing terms.

This week, renowned historian and author Timothy Snyder joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the complex relationship between religion, freedom, and democracy. His new book, On Freedom ...

(RNS) — After years of decline, a growing number of Americans believe religion is on its way back, a new study from Pew Research Center suggests. The report, published Monday (Oct. 20), found that ...

A bill amending the Law for the Protection of Holy Places passed a preliminary vote, boosting the Chief Rabbinate’s authority and reigniting debate over religion, state power, and Diaspora ties. For ...

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Donald Trump, hardly known as a scholar of Christian scripture, is now hawking Bibles. It is a strange story that sums up an important reality in America today. Traditional religious practice is ...

At a Senate session last week, Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, a Democrat in Austin, stood outside the brass railing of the chamber floor to speak with a staffer when Republican Sen. Angela Paxton of McKinney ...

From left, Paul Harvey, distinguished professor of history; George Bayuga, assistant professor of anthropology; and Jeffrey Scholes, director of the philosophy department, pose outside Columbine Hall ...

One of the most ancient and dangerous combinations is religion and governmental power. Ancient rulers and religious leaders typically agreed to support each other. The rulers wanted legitimation of ...