Since the 2016 election, evangelicals voters have been a topic of focus for political observers of all stripes. The religious right’s power as a voting bloc helped propel Donald Trump to the [...]
By now, the United States’ use of torture in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks – often euphemistically referred to as “enhanced interrogation techniques” – is well documented, but [...]
“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” It may be a cliché, but that doesn’t make understanding history any less important. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith [...]
In 2012, the Vatican imposed a stunning set of restrictions on a group of Catholic women religious in America. Although their focus on social and economic justice seems to be in line with Pope [...]
With support from the likes of the Koch brothers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has successfully pushed pro-business, anti-environment legislation in states across the country, [...]
A new poll released this week finds that while Muslims in America disapprove of the country’s direction, they are still proud to call themselves Americans. The third-annual American Muslim Poll – [...]
This week was jam-packed with religion news – members of Congress formed a “Freethinker Caucus,” a chaplain in the House of Representatives resigned and then unresigned, and President Trump [...]