We continue to hear about the rise of “religiously unaffiliated agnostics and atheists” from sources like Pew Research. Polls also show that these groups are younger and well-informed...
Religious and civil authority were once unified—pagan gods and political rulers were one, church and state were indistinguishable, and the individual’s religious allegiance was bound up with his...
Knowing history always provides a wider perspective. In particular, I’ve noticed that the state of religious freedom in the United States has remarkable similarities to that of the...
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision requiring government recognition of same-sex marriage, religious believers in wedding-related industries like bakers, florists, and photographers have increasingly faced challenges over...
Since the first permanent settlements were established in British North America, religion has been integral to the identity and mission of the American people and their political pursuits....
Tuskegee, Alabama. February 4, 1913. Leona and James McCauley welcome their first child into the world, a girl they name after Leona’s mother, Rose. This year marks the...
On a previous Martin Luther King Jr. day, I was made aware of one of Dr. King’s sermons called “The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life.” He delivered...
Theologian R. C. Sproul once said, “God doesn’t roll dice.” Nothing ever happens by chance. Scripture makes this clear. Consider Ruth in the Old Testament. Ruth “happened to...
Most people think of politics as electoral politics: elections, politicians, and voting. A more robust understanding is that politics is more like a subset of the ways in...
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