George Washington
Why didn’t President Biden kick off his campaign at Gettysburg?
By Mark Silk — January 8, 2024
(RNS) — The comparison to outright Civil War was likely too dangerous.
Will Tammy Duckworth be the first deist veep since Thomas Jefferson?
By Steven Waldman — August 5, 2020
(RNS) — If the Illinois senator becomes a national candidate it’s likely the Founding Father’s faith tradition will come to be as controversial as it was in the 19th century.
Why governments should not be deeming in-person worship essential
By Mark Silk — May 26, 2020
(RNS) — Whether congregations should be permitted to meet or not is a different question.
George Washington’s faith under scrutiny after sale of ‘God letter’
By Mark A. Kellner — February 13, 2019
(RNS) — A letter in which the first president mentions the actions of 'Providence' has rekindled interest in the controversial matter of Washington’s faith life.
The rising belief in moral atheists
By Mark Silk — October 26, 2017
It's due to Americans' declining religiosity.
Appeals court decides fate of nation’s oldest synagogue
By Yonat Shimron — August 3, 2017
BOSTON (AP) — Control of the nation's oldest synagogue building, Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., will no longer be in the hands of the local congregation but rather under the control of Shearith Israel in New York.
Religious freedom becomes political correctness
By Mark Silk — January 31, 2017
(RNS) Trump's followers don't know their own country's history. Worse, neither does the president.
‘So help me God’ isn’t in official presidential oath
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 18, 2013
(RNS) When President Obama rests his hand on two historic Bibles to take his second-term oath of office Monday, he'll add a phrase not mentioned in the Constitution: "So help me God." But the Almighty's role on the Capitol steps is a controversial one. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.
‘The American Bible’ collects the texts that We the People love to fight about
By Daniel Burke — July 3, 2012
(RNS) There are certain speeches, songs, books, letters, laws, and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about, says religion scholar Stephen Prothero. By Daniel Burke.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Thomas Jefferson, our least Christian president
By Stephen Prothero — July 2, 2012
(RNS) This Fourth of July, after the parades are over, I propose we all devote a few minutes to remembering our least Christian president. Instead of reading David Barton, go straight to Thomas Jefferson himself and to the words he chose to deliver on his first day as president. By Stephen Prothero.
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