If Donald Trump decides to escalate the Iran war, Christian Zionists will be those cheering the loudest.
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Rhetoric about Donald Trump being divinely anointed and about to cause Armageddon indicate that U.S. policy is being promoted with violent religious fanaticism.
For Americans who do not follow evangelical Christian media, James Dobson may not have been a household name. Yet the views he promoted shaped US society for more than 50 years.
Wild Faith is a one-sided response to the rise of Christianity’s far-right fringe. Too often, it seems more like an apoplectic rant than a serious exposé.
Some Americans hear claims of anti-Christian bias as a signal of white solidarity, according to a 2024 study.
The history of Christian support for a Jewish state far predates the religious right.
The FACE Act was signed by Bill Clinton in 1994 to guarantee access to abortion and reproductive health care protected by the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
Christians are diverse in terms of race, denomination, theology and other factors. Yet on average, some of their views are growing more similar, a scholar argues.
The phrase ‘so help me God’ is believed to be a part of the presidential oath ever since George Washington is said to have used it 236 years ago. Except, says a historian - there is no evidence of it.
The apparent unity of certain religious groups hides a denominational vote that is sharply divided, particularly along ethnic lines.
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social engagement.
The ‘trad wives’ of social media, like Christian fiction writers, rely on a romanticized image of white, westernized femininity.
Conversations on religious freedom are key to democracy, but they are missing from the discourse this election year, writes a scholar who studies the role of religion in politics.
On issues and policies in which government has a serious role – taxes, immigration, the state of the economy and even abortion – a 2023 survey found a great deal of agreement among Americans.
A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the same.
A scholar of early Christian literature writes that religious theories around celestial events are part of a larger human pattern to find meaning. And they go back thousands of years.
Religious beliefs can provide motivation, hope and endurance in the long and often discouraging task of mobilizing people for social change.
The 2024 elections may see a more intense end-times rhetoric, claims of divine support and a failure to condemn the rise in Christian nationalism, writes a religion scholar.
Today’s short-term missionaries continue a long legacy, but in a very different way.
A scholar of religion and politics explains how Robertson led the way in blending religion with political commentary and paved the way for a wider influence of Christian media on American culture.
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Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Professor of American and British Studies, University of Oslo
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Associate Professor of Moral Theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology
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