The soldiers and patriots who made the American Revolution a success included people whose faiths faced discrimination, including Jews and Catholics.
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The US has a long history of blasphemy laws, which reflect the complex fight for freedom of religion and speech.
The Lubavitch movement, also called Chabad, shares many beliefs and traditions with other ultra-Orthodox Jews. Yet its outreach and beliefs set it apart.
Dogs appeared several times during testimonies, typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding, or because the devil appeared in the form of a dog.
Women’s formal involvement in bishops’ synods has grown slowly over the decades. Even when they were excluded, Catholic women found ways to learn about proceedings – and weigh in, often critically.
Early Christian texts reveal how the birth of Christ reflected ideas of the day − in some illustrations, midwives helped the Virgin Mary give birth.
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social engagement.
Once a source of unity, anguish over the hostages is now one more source of sharp divides in Israeli politics.
Your identity is not the result of a single decision, but rather the confluence of several factors.
Ninety years ago, Greenberg had a momentous decision to make: Should he play baseball on Yom Kippur?
Historically, Black Pentecostal-charismatic churches have not put an emphasis on political issues. That may be changing, a scholar of Black Christianity explains.
Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of US stage and screen for 100 years.
Ancient Maya peoples knew that human beings are not independent from nature but part of it.
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.
Awareness and acceptance of not only your money, but your feelings about your money, can help guide responsible financial decisions.
The Taliban have enacted laws that violate human rights since they returned to power. But a new edict goes further.
Ancient Indian texts describe in detail which flowers are favored by which gods and the elaborate rituals around how to offer them.
New developments, including the increasing diversity of faith communities and the advent of worship through streamed services, have rendered the IRS definition of a church outdated.
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.
As one of the last large, influential organizations outside the government, the church is being targeted in Daniel Ortega’s ongoing crackdown.
The game allows players to free Sun Wukong, the monkey protagonist from the popular 16th century novel ‘Journey to the West,’ and introduces players to the complexity of Chinese religion.
Ahead of the Jewish High Holidays, repentance and forgiveness are on many people’s minds. But self-forgiveness is important for personal growth, too.
The settler movement has unprecedented power in Israel today − the result of a decades-long push to mainstream its views and leaders.
Alcohol is a window into American history, from 17th-century rum production to young people’s declining interest in drinking today.