As I have traveled around the country, one line in my speeches always draws cheers: “The monologue of the Religious Right is over, and a new dialogue has now begun.” We have now entered the ...

From displaying the Ten Commandments to demanding that teachers use the Bible in their classrooms, conservatives seem determined to blur the lines between church and state by infusing Christianity ...

Louisiana Republicans are moving to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all schools in the state that receive public funding. Texas Republicans are pushing “Bible-infused” curriculum in ...

During an oral argument on Wednesday, the Supreme Court appeared all but certain to divide along party lines in a case that seeks to fundamentally expand the role religion plays in American public ...

(RNS) — Most Americans believe religious liberty is a good thing and would be scandalized to know how some religious leaders, and even political leaders, are actively distorting its meaning to expand ...

Nearly every tribute to Jimmy Carter is necessarily encumbered with caveats about Carter, the president. While it is true that the "Reagan revolution" provided America with needed jolts of patriotic ...

‘God’s just doing stuff,’ Pastor Dave Brackenridge of Home Church Scotland says, when asked why he thinks there’s been a rise in young people turning to religion. ‘There’s a shift happening across the ...

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann on the holy warriors excited at the world coming to an end. Jeet Heer Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the ...

Most U.S. adults believe that God gave humans a duty to protect and care for the Earth (66%), and 57% believe that God gave humans the right to use the Earth for humanity’s benefit, according to the ...

(RNS) — Since July, when the Republican National Committee dropped a federal abortion ban from its national platform, several traditional religious right leaders have suggested that they have been ...