John F. Kennedy

The two Jacks: Contrasting takes on C.S. Lewis and JFK’s public and private faiths

By Justin Taylor — November 18, 2013
(RNS) Given that both men had to navigate the tension between private faith and the public square, it is fitting on the 50th anniversary of their deaths, which falls Friday (Nov. 22), to compare and contrast their approaches.

Video: Reporting JFK’s death

By Sally Morrow — November 18, 2013
Breaking news of three shots fired in Dallas, confusion and mixed reports of his condition, and finally the confirmation that President John F. Kennedy had died - all captured in a video compilation edited by Time's video staff.

Scholars seek to reclaim a dirty word: secularism

By Kimberly Winston — February 22, 2013
(RNS) A conference at Georgetown University this week focused on cleaning up what many Americans consider a dirty word: secularism. The goal of the "Secularism on the Edge" conference was, in part, to define what secularism is and what it is not.

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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