In August of 1790, President George Washington visited Rhode Island, which a few months earlier had ratified the U.S. Constitution. Among those who welcomed the new president was the Hebrew ...

Recent surveys show that the religious landscape of the United States is in flux, with attitudes shifting in parts of the country critical to future elections. The importance of religion in the lives ...

Somewhere along the way, the Republican Party "got religion." I am not sure when this happened. The party of Eisenhower was a party of fiscal discipline, e.g., balanced budgets. Ike warned us about ...

Religion is often confused with spirituality. People think that if they are religious, they are spiritual. Spirituality, awakening, Enlightenment, however, is beyond religion. While religion can be ...

However, sociologists of religion Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan Cragun insist in their new book, Beyond Doubt: the Secularization of Society, that “Secularization is happening.

We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means? We might agree religious freedom is a good thing—but can we agree on what it really means? This episode of ...

People who study the societies of the world have never found one without a religion. Individuals may not believe in God, but in the long history of humanity, people in societies have almost always ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

In August of 1790, President George Washington visited Rhode Island, which a few months earlier had ratified the U.S. Constitution. Among those who welcomed the new president was the Hebrew ...