With Trump's crusade against DEI, the Christian right is co-opting the language of the civil rights movement to undo its ...

Presidential inaugurations exhibit three facets of our civil religion — the priestly, the prophetic and the political — all of which Trump’s inaugural address ignored or transgressed.

A wide-ranging Republican bill would remove protections against discrimination for transgender people from the Iowa Civil ...

Why does every political season feel like a dogfight? It’s true that politics have always been ugly, but the amount of political debate that we are subject to has increased a hundred fold.

North Dakota’s House rejected a resolution urging citizens to “acknowledge the Kingship of Jesus Christ,” a measure some ...

It is a million-dollar question with no real answer. While it is challenging to separate religion from politics, politicians could aim to help their constituents gain a deeper understanding of ...

To read the rest of Ryan Burge’s column, please visit his Substack page. Ryan Burge is an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, a pastor in the American Baptist ...

The first comprehensive study of the role played by civil religion in U.S. foreign relations over the entire course of the country’s history, McDougall’s book explores the deeply infused religious ...

The current right-wing movement dominating our politics, one led by President Donald Trump that seeks to reshape America into its image at all costs, did not form overnight. Any attempt to stop this ...

Sam Sawyer, S.J., president and editor in chief of America, announced today the selection of three graduating seniors from ...

Institutions, be they public or private, should have the right, even the responsibility, to enforce vaccine requirements for the good of the public.

It is used by the left to create a false boundary between political issues and our freedom of religion and free speech. Although the Ten Commandments are biblical in origin, they epitomize a code ...