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May 23, 2025
For about 30 minutes on Wednesday morning, the U.S. secretary of Defense was focused on the power of prayer, not military power.
Pete Hegseth led a prayer service in the...
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May 14, 2025
Sociologist Christian Smith studies American religion, but his research doesn’t take him to many churches these days.
Instead, he’s been to a vampire ball in Chicago and...
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May 6, 2025
A unique religious freedom conflict is brewing in Toms River, New Jersey, where government officials are clashing with Christian leaders over an Episcopal church’s...
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May 5, 2025
Trump’s remarks were celebrated by many more conservative religious leaders, who thanked the president for making more room for religion in the public square.
But more liberal...
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Apr 17, 2025
A recent project from Mark Chaves at Duke University found that 97% of religious leaders who hold the primary leadership role in their congregation feel “very” or...
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Apr 9, 2025
Earlier this year, I spoke with a college class about the relationship between religion and entertainment.
I talked about my coverage of the movie “Conclave,” the member...
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Apr 4, 2025
As world leaders react to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, heads of religious organizations are mostly missing from the debate.
But that doesn’t mean the...
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Apr 2, 2025
Astronaut Butch Wilmore didn’t let getting stuck in outer space keep him from worshipping God.
He regularly watched church services online during his unexpected nine-month stay...
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Mar 19, 2025
It’s been five years since COVID-19 hit the U.S. and forced Americans to hunker down at home.
That means it’s also been five years since churches across the country had...
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Feb 26, 2025
A new Netflix series features basketball players called the “Waves” wearing blue and orange uniforms.
A Christian college with athletes called the “Waves” who...
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Feb 19, 2025
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has sparked changes to DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs across the country.
Trump administration officials have...
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Feb 7, 2025
First, there was MAGA. Then, MAHA.
Now, President Donald Trump is pitching MARA — Make America Religious Again.
During speeches at two prayer breakfasts Thursday morning,...
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Jan 20, 2025
When President Joe Biden took office four years ago, some more conservative religious freedom advocates were hopeful that he would turn down the temperature of faith-related culture...
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Jan 17, 2025
When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in on Monday, he’s expected to have his hand on a Bible or two.
He used two in 2017: a personal Bible he’d had since childhood...
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Jan 8, 2025
A new edition of the God Bless the USA Bible celebrates former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his second inauguration.
The Inauguration Day Edition...
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Jan 7, 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson sparked an unusual religion controversy last week when he recited a prayer in front of Congress after being reelected as speaker of the House.
The problem,...
