Puritans
Undoing the Christian nationalism of the Doctrine of Discovery
On a second COVID-19 Thanksgiving, how to find room for thanks
What the Bible’s approach to history can teach us about America’s glory and shame
‘More than individual sin’ — Black pastors urge evangelicals to admit systemic racism
Who are you calling a Puritan?
Trump’s neo-Puritan theology of us and them
Thanksgiving is a Jewish holiday
The ‘Splainer: Why should we give thanks?
The ‘Splainer: Why is the Halloween witch mean and green?
En route to Sotheby’s, Bay Psalm Book traces nation’s seesaw religious history
Secession theology runs deep in American religious, political history
(RNS) Ever since President Obama won re-election, more than 700,000 Americans have petitioned the White House to let their respective states secede. Observers say those leading the charge are framing it in terms that suggest a deep-seated religious impulse for purity-through-separation is flaring up once again. This time, it’s playing out on a political stage. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Is work a punishment from God?
(RNS) On the first Monday of September, America honors working stiffs by taking a paid day off. But does Labor Day celebrate an enterprise that God invented as a punishment? By Daniel Burke.
GUEST COMMENTARY: First Amendment protects everybody’s religious freedom
(RNS) Attempts to favor one faith -- historically Protestant Christianity -- over others in the public square are doomed to fail in the new religious America of the 21st century. But that won't stop many in the majority from trying. By Charles C. Haynes.
‘The American Bible’ collects the texts that We the People love to fight about
(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.
