This past week, the US Department of State announced the creation of a new office that “will focus on engagement with…
Engaging religion at the Department of State
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Race and secularism in America
On October 26 and 27, 2012, Vincent Lloyd and Jonathon Kahn will convene a workshop at Syracuse University on "Race and Secularism in America." From…
Loss of faith in religious institutions
NPR recently reported on a Gallup poll, which showed Americans' faith in organized religion and religious institutions has declined.
America plus nothing
But Sweet Heaven When I Die is, first and foremost, a book about loss, about death, transience, neglect, and quitting. These…
Race and Christian identity
Religion News Service reports that a new book about Christian identity is inadvertently tapping into the U.S.'s racial history.
Three myths of American religious freedom
Writing on the occasion of the National Day of Religious Freedom---observed in the United States on January 16---historian David Sehat,…
“Can you do counterterrorism without theology?”
"Can you do counterterrorism without theology?" Increasingly, critics are calling into question the Western strategy of supporting moderate and more…
Shrinking no more
Two recent studies conducted by the Christian organization LifeWay Research and supervised by missiological thought leader Ed Stetzer provide an…
Education and American civil religion
Education Review, an open-access online journal, reviews the recently published Public Education, America's Civil Religion: A Social History (Teachers College Press, 2009)…