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We Need Less Religion in our Politics and Less Politics in our Religion
A few weeks before last November’s election, a yard sign popped up in front of First Baptist Church of West Harwich, Massachusetts, not far from …
By Stephen ProtheroThe Table
The Church’s Right to Religious Freedom (And its Place in the Public Square)
With the inauguration over, along with the 2012 election, it’s time to count casualties. The first, as in warfare, is truth. A second might be …
By Mary Ann WalshInterview
Roe v. Wade at 40: An Interview with Legal Scholar and Theologian Cathleen Kaveny
As of this month, it has been 40 years since the Supreme Court handed down the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. To mark …
By Marie GriffithExcerpt
Meet Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Civil Rights Movement
On April 9, 1968, Benjamin Elijah Mays had the burdensome honor of delivering a eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr. on the campus of Morehouse …
By Randal Maurice JelksProfile
Where Do We Go From Here? Remembering the Life and Trials of Martin Luther King Jr.
My students are often surprised to learn that when Martin Luther King came to Montgomery in the spring of 1954, civil rights activism was not …
By Charles MarshReport
How Shall We Care for Haiti’s Orphans?
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Just days after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, Chris Savini, then a mental health worker, heard from …
By Emily BrennanReport
Did Congress Meet on Christmas Day? Fact-checking the “War on Christmas”
Last November, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican turned independent, sent out invitations to the state’s annual tree lighting ceremony and referred to …
By Bruce David ForbesReport
Can There Be a Religious Response to Planned Parenthood’s Critics?
On most days, when she arrives at the Planned Parenthood clinic she directs in Washington, D.C., Dr. Laura Meyers passes through a wall of Operation …
By Mara WillardEssay
Post-Racial America? The Tangle of Race, Religion, and Citizenship
The election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States brought questions about race in America to the forefront of political and social …
By Judith WeisenfeldThe States Project
Mississippi: A Historian Challenges H.L. Mencken
A Historian Challenges H.L. Mencken.
By Alison Collis Greene