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 In his new book, Dr. Matthew D. Taylor sheds light on the alarming rise of authoritarianism in Christian nationalist movements. In The Violent Take It By Force: The Christian Movement That [...]

 As Christian nationalism and the far right’s influence on American politics grow, historian Randall Balmer offers a critical examination of evangelicalism and the surprising shifts within its [...]

The Political Religious Right already wields disproportionate power in our nation, and now they’re looking to destroy the law that prevents tax-exempt houses of worship from becoming [...]

The Supreme Court announced a major religious freedom ruling this past week that could undermine Church-State separation for decades to come. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith [...]

Reports earlier this month revealed an unexpected drop in the membership of the politically powerful Southern Baptist Convention. Contrary to conventional wisdom which has claimed that it’s only [...]

Host Rev. Welton Gaddy will be joined by People For the American Way Senior Fellow Peter Montgomery, an expert chronicler of the Religious Right. Conservative evangelicals overwhelmingly voted [...]

On Thursday, President Trump marked the National Day of Prayer with a controversial new executive order intended to advance the political Christian Right’s vision of religious freedom. This [...]

Call me a person of faith, but I believe that there is only one thing that is “Undeniable,” and it is not the handiwork of the Liberty Institute. Called “Undeniable: The Survey of Hostility to [...]

What an incredible moment it was yesterday when we learned that after years of delay, the Boy Scouts finally decided to allow openly gay youth to participate. This has been a long time coming and [...]

On the heels of the Value Voter Summit, researcher Chip Berlet shares some helpful insight into the mindset of Conservative Christian Evangelicals in a post on the group blog Talk2Action. Berlet [...]