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The Decline of Church-State Separation
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Coexistence After The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
Tree of Life Synagogue Vice President Alan Hausman wears a Stronger Than Hate yarmulke during a Commemoration Ceremony in Schenley Park, in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood, on Wednesday, Oct....
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Why Trump’s MAGA Resonates With White Christian Nationalism
(Tetra Images/Getty) On January 6, 2021, when a mob of Donald Trump’s most fervent and militant supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s election, Christian...
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A Climate Activist Reconsiders History: An Interview with Bill McKibben
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How Religion Became More Conservative and Society More Secular: An Interview...
U.S. President Richard Nixon, left, and the Rev. Billy Graham, center, pray at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton Hotel on February 1, 1973. (AP Photo) For all of the influence...
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Telling the Story of a Global Catholic Faith: An Interview with John McGreevy
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The Pitfalls of Christian Celebrity: An Interview with Katelyn Beaty
(Stanislaw Pytel/Getty) Evangelicalism has long been fraught with scandals, and in recent years, much of it has centered around megachurches and prominent pastors. Christian celebrities such as Carl...
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The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: An Interview with Lerone Martin
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The Myth of American Individualism
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The Museum of the Bible and the Politics of Interpretation
The Museum of the Bible (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) White evangelicals have an outsized influence in the public sphere compared to their percentage of the population. This influence was evident in the...
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