At Trans/Missions, Richard Flory looks at the interplay of matters of principle and matters pecuniary among religious voters in last…
What sort of “values” are we talking about?
American politics
The persistence of the religious right
Despite the trend among younger Americans to turn their backs on organized religion to protest its right-wing excesses, the religious…
A strong moral argument: A conversation with Andrew Bacevich
Author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, The Limits of Power: the End of American…
Religion and the midterm elections
Set against a backdrop of continued economic distress, the emerging Tea Party movement, and mercurial public opinion of President Obama, many observers…
“Serving Two Masters”? Not in Oklahoma…
Last week, Stanley Fish contemplated the compatibility of religious and constitutional law in the secular state, ultimately offering a short…
Minnesota secularism gone global
Minnesota politics is a bit, well, different. But uproar over the place of religion in an election mailing may show…
Ceding ground to propagandists
As I noted in August, one in five Americans mistakenly believes that President Obama is secretly a Muslim. Yet more…
Prothero and Bacevich to discuss religion and foreign policy
On Wednesday night, Oct 27, from 7 to 8pm, Boston University professors Stephen Prothero and Andrew Bacevich will discuss "the…
Reviewing God in America
Over a week since the conclusion of PBS's three-night, six-hour television event God in America, new commentary on the documentary…
Judeo-Christian-Islamic?
On October 5, the Catholic University Law School gathered a panel of experts to debate "Islam and America: The Challenge…