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“City on a Hill” and the Making of an American Origin Story
A now-famous Puritan sermon was nothing special in its own day.
By Abram Van Engen
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What Does a Progressive or Socialist Foreign Policy Look Like?
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been criticized for not having a clear or viable foreign policy.
By Vaneesa Cook
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What Past Attacks on Mormons and Catholics Teach Us About the Threat to Muslims
The author adapts an essay from his new book, “Sacred Liberty: America’s Long, Bloody and Ongoing Fight for Religious Freedom.”
By Steven Waldman
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How Prominent Women Built and Sustained the Religious Right
An excerpt from Emily Suzanne Johnson’s new book, “This Is Our Message: Women’s Leadership in the New Christian Right.”
By Emily Johnson
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The Revolutionary Roots of America’s Religious Nationalism
Benjamin E. Park’s new book, “American Nationalisms,” explores religion and politics in the Age of Revolutions.
By Benjamin E. Park
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Recalling the Spiritual Vision of Robert Hayden, America’s First Black Poet Laureate
An adapted excerpt from Josef Sorett’s “Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics”
By Josef Sorett
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The Decline of White Christian America
For most of the twentieth century, in White Christian America the terms “Christian” and “Protestant” were virtually synonymous. Questions like “And where do you go …
By Robert P. Jones
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How Faithful People Can Change Politics
On August 11, 2011, at a time when bipartisan members of Congress were trying to work out an agreement on the federal budget, eight Republican …
By John C. Danforth
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Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Religious Nationalism
Scholars have variously depicted Thomas Jefferson as everything from a crypto-Unitarian with a deep love of Jesus to a priest-baiting infidel. My own view is …
By Sam Haselby
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The King’s Chapel and the King’s Court: Richard Nixon, Billy Graham, and White House Church Services
When Richard Nixon entered the White House, he brought his good friend Billy Graham with him. A constant presence and trusted adviser, the minister became, …
By Kevin M. Kruse