A federal jury awarded $75,000 to a couple after their homeowners association tried to prevent them from putting on a week-long Christmas extravaganza. It's a rare loss for homeowners associations, which usually have a broad authority for Grinchiness.
While many Christians are struggling to offer immigrants sanctuary, others are in favor of the Trump administration's immigration policies.
New research finds that fused identity apparently produces a predisposition toward authoritarianism and support for punitive punishments.
Americans' divergent conceptions of the supreme being's face reflect our egocentrism, and reveal our emotional needs.
Based on recent actions by the president, it appears Trump's idea of creating opportunities for religious values in America involves turning religion into an arm of the state.
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New research finds that, when evangelical organizations raise their profile by sponsoring a high-profile political campaign, a backlash ensues.
The Jedi religion—inspired by the Star Wars franchise—has already earned tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. But can it prove its spiritual legitimacy to a skeptical public?
For me, Christmas Carols evoke hope in a way that Christmas itself never can.
The roots of the holiday, traced from its origins with pagan Celts through its various modern iterations around the world today.
Donald Trump has been courting conservative Christians hard since his campaign, but they don't appear to have influenced much policy.
Perry's proactive work in the intersection of gayness, religiousness, and blackness won her an Encore Purpose Prize fellowship, a competitive award for seniors.
In God Mocks, Terry Lindvall traces the long arc of Christian satire. Laughter really is the best corrective.
Despite the Arab Spring's secular influence, the Middle East is still one of the most dangerous places on Earth to be an atheist.
As the presidential campaign is showing us, the moral values of Christians are far from monolithic.
Inside the growing evangelical movement to acknowledge the reality—and the victims—of climate change.
In this country, we celebrate the First Amendment, which prevents the government from interfering with religious beliefs and practices. But what if those beliefs and practices make children suffer?
From ISIS to the Christian right, three new books explore the modern urge to go back to an original, uncorrupted version of faith.
A new poll shows that a well-trodden legal argument against same-sex marriage isn’t as popular as it seems.
According to the latest Pew data, the number of adults who do not identify with a religious group grew from 36 million in 2007 to 56 million today. But past research indicates that many of these non-affiliated individuals have some form of belief system.
The went-to-heaven-and-back genre is more popular than ever, but Biblical scholar N.T. Wright's recent book argues that this cultural conception of heaven has little basis in scripture.
What does it mean for churches that water, such an important religious symbol, is disappearing before our eyes?