Belief

From early New England to the present day, censors have acted out of fear, not prudishness.

Norma Gabler's work in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s foreshadowed today's campaigns.

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims.

Marion Gibson’s research rigorously traces the legal and human aspects of the trials through today.

A truly Christian postliberalism would imagine and enact an alternative modernity with a different standard of progress.

The Trump campaign is signaling that it intends to make the U.S. a "Christian nation." Here's what that idea looked like in history.

From the ruins of the Spanish Civil War to air force bases in Texas.

Sometimes an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding; to others, the devil appeared in the form of a dog.

The "parental rights" movement, rooted in colonial theocracy, has evolved into a political force resisting racial, gender, and educational equality.

A changing political mood among evangelicals has many believers imagining the end of the world differently than they used to.

Some Americans who have lost faith in traditional institutions are finding spirituality in this Denver church—and in themselves.

The path to winning the Black vote no longer runs through the church door.

Anti-war politics has a rich historical tradition, one that seems to be in desperate need of revival.

But unlike today's white Christian nationalism, Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.

Exploring the role mainline Protestants have played in promoting the idea of America as a Christian country.

Any attempt to understand the complexities of American economic thought without considering the significant role of religious beliefs is incomplete.

It was no coincidence that public school secularization and desegregation were happening, and failing, simultaneously.

"Between the Temples" tackles the anxieties around cultural assimilation—and finds continuity among very different generations.

A new book argues that we misunderstand the forces that drove the notorious slave rebel.

Chronicling the emergence of a unique blend of counterculture and Christianity.

A new book blames institutional Protestantism for undermining a vibrant strain of Christian radicalism that swirled through the Gilded Age.

The evangelical psychologist gained influence with millions of families through decades of parenting advice focused on strict discipline.

In 1964, he toured Africa and the Middle East on a journey that would both transform his outlook and reveal the limits of transnational solidarity.

The Civil War cut short many lives, and a new a book that blends the genres of history and memoir sets out the resurrect the memory of one of those lives.

Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.

A controversial historical claim grounds MAGA evangelicalism's embrace of the "Appeal to Heaven" flag.

Most ministers were silent about Watergate. Why was one evangelical pastor different?

A new book conveys in dramatic detail what America’s Moses did to help abolish slavery. Another addresses the love of God and country that helped her do so.

Panic about Catholics, Freemasons, and, later, Jews, is deeply woven into American history, and forms the basis of our fertile culture of conspiracy theorizing.

How a Hollywood marketing campaign was responsible for the Ten Commandments being displayed in public all across the country.