The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald ...

At a time when divisive political rhetoric seems to be at a fever-pitch, religious leaders face a critical question: How can faith communities bring people together when the nation seems more ...

The most powerful defense against political violence is not found in civics textbooks, legislative policy or campaign speeches. It resides in our churches, synagogues, temples and mosques ...

In “The Use and Misuse of Religion” (column, Sept. 27), David Brooks makes a characteristically compelling case for the proper relationship between faith and politics. Yet as a lifelong Christian, I ...

With the GOP now having been transformed from a political party into a religious sect that stands in opposition to the ...

At times like this it is worth considering and reflecting upon the history and principles of religious toleration. We often lost sight of just how demanding and challenging calls for religious ...

The outward display of religious devotion at Sunday’s memorial service for Charlie Kirk was remarkable by many measures — perhaps especially due to who was giving voice to it. “I have talked more ...

There’s been a lot of mingling of Christianity and politics since Charlie Kirk was murdered. Tucker Carlson opened one of his shows with a straight-up sermon: “This is a religion committed to love ...

(The Conversation) — Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni ...

As a scholar of religion, this sort of paragraph… makes zero sense, treating “religious fervor” and political ideology as if they’re two discreet [sic] categories easily distinguished from one another ...

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