John Winthrop
Undoing the Christian nationalism of the Doctrine of Discovery
By Andrew Whitehead — May 8, 2023
(RNS) — More direct action from the Catholic Church is necessary to uproot the remnants of the
Doctrine.
What the Bible’s approach to history can teach us about America’s glory and shame
By Mark K. George — March 1, 2021
(The Conversation) — At a time when Americans are seemingly as polarized as ever over the present, the country’s past also appears to be up for debate.
Donald Trump and the battering of civil religion
By John D. Carlson — January 19, 2018
(RNS) — American civil religion is the moral backbone of our body politic — a heritage of shared beliefs, stories, ideas, symbols and events that explains the American experience of self-government with reference to a moral order that transcends it.
‘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.
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