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The Overlooked Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement

Remembering Howard Thurman and other forgotten activists.
by David B. Gowler via Made By History on December 11, 2018

Jonestown’s Victims Have a Lesson to Teach Us, So I Listened

In uncovering the blackness of Peoples Temple, I began to better understand my community and the need to belong.
by Jamilah King via Mother Jones on November 16, 2018

Aquarius Rising

Considering the religious roots of the 1960s anti-militarist counterculture.
by Jackson Lears via New York Review of Books on September 6, 2018
Football players kneeling in prayer on the field.

Football and the Political Act of Prayer

In football, prayer is—and has always been—political.
by Paul Putz via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on August 28, 2018
The Rev. William Barber, the Rev. Liz Theoharis, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson gather outside of the U.S. Capitol during a Poor People’s Campaign rally in June, 2018.

The Social Gospel Roots of the American Religious Left

A review of Gary Dorrien's new book, “Breaking White Supremacy: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Social Gospel.”
by Vanessa Cook via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on July 31, 2018

Conversion and Race in Colonial Slavery

To convert was not just a matter of belief, but also a claim to power.
by Katharine Gerbner via Social Science Research Council on June 26, 2018
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Mormons Confront a History of Church Racism

The Mormon church is still grappling with a racial past.
by Matthew Bowman via The Conversation on May 29, 2018

The Gods of Indian Country

How American expansion reshaped the religious worlds of both settlers and Native people.
by Jennifer Graber via Not Even Past on May 1, 2018

Writing Jewish History

Histories of the Jews reveal a lot about the times in which they were written.
by Adam Kirsch via The New Yorker on March 26, 2018

The Revolutionary Roots of America’s Religious Nationalism

America's sense of religious nationalism was forged in the same fires that ignited the profoundly secular French Revolution.
by Benjamin E. Park via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on March 20, 2018

Modern Mindfulness is Rooted in a Racist History

Before Americans turned to Buddhism for life hacks, they treated it like a dangerous cult.
by Ryan Anningson via Quartz on March 15, 2018

The Last Temptation

How evangelicals became an anxious minority seeking political protection from a not traditionally religious president.
by Michael Gerson via The Atlantic on March 8, 2018

Kneeling for Hollywood

How Hollywood portrays religious prayer.
by Melani McAlister via Modern American History on March 5, 2018

Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker: A Scandal of the Self

The long historical roots and continuing relevance of the disgraced preacher's story.
by Martyn Wendell Jones via Weekly Standard on March 2, 2018
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Billy Graham, ‘America’s Pastor’?

He became known as an apolitical preacher. But Graham started out as an ardent conservative.
by Kevin M. Kruse via Made By History on February 22, 2018

Why Billy Graham Was Determined to Globalize Evangelicalism

Recognizing that Americans are not the future of his religion, the late preacher embraced a global world.
by Melani McAlister via The Atlantic on February 21, 2018
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Billy Graham Was On the Wrong Side of History

Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant legacy.
by Matthew Avery Sutton via The Guardian on February 21, 2018

Ghost Dancers Past and Present

Thinking beyond the dichotomies of oppressor and victim reveals the human urges that inspire so much of our expressive culture.
by Anthony Chaney via U.S. Intellectual History Blog on February 14, 2018
Thomas Jefferson's two-volume personal copy of George Sale's 1734 translation of the Qur'an. Library of Congress.

Why Thomas Jefferson Owned a Qur’an

Islam in America dates to the founding fathers, says Smithsonian’s religion curator Peter Manseau.
by Peter Manseau via Smithsonian on January 31, 2018

5 Questions with Ronit Stahl

A Q&A with the author of "Enlisting Faith: How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America."
by Ronit Y. Stahl, Lauren Turek via Religion in American History on November 27, 2017
"Liberty Leading the People," an 1830 painting by Eugene Delacroix.

Religion and the Republic

Looking to the French Revolution and the writings of Tocqueville for insight into Trump’s America.
by Philip Gorski via Public Books on November 14, 2017
Seal of the County of Lehigh, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County, Pa., Fights the Courts to Keep the Cross in Its Seal

The case hinges on whether its display is to honor local history or Christianity.
by Tyler Arnold via National Review on November 14, 2017
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America @ Worship

How social media is – and isn't – changing American religion.
by Sara Georgini on October 29, 2017
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500 Years Ago Christianity Changed. It Changed Again in the 1960s.

That the 500th anniversary of Luther’s act has been noted without éclat may be something to celebrate.
by Patrick Lacroix via HNN on October 28, 2017

Why did James Comey Name His Secret Twitter Account ‘Reinhold Niebuhr’?

Niebuhr is a theological hero to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
by Michelle Boorstein via Washington Post on October 24, 2017
Basketball team listening to coach Don McClanen.

The Role of Sports Ministries in the NFL Protests

A number of black athletes are fueling their activism with Christian faith.
by Paul Putz via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on October 17, 2017

How to Balance Competing Claims of Religious Freedom?

Peyote use has been defended with religious liberty arguments. So has Bible reading in public schools.
by Tisa Wenger via The Christian Century on October 16, 2017

The Complexities of Racial and Religious Identities

Judith Weisenfeld’s book, New World A-Coming, reinterprets the various religious movements among African Americans in the early twentieth century.
by Tisa Wenger via Black Perspectives on September 29, 2017
Trump walking out of the Capitol building to be inaugurated.

Losing Our Civil Religion

Trump's unbridled rhetorical rampage has stripped the presidency of its moral ambition and authority. 
by John D. Carlson via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on September 26, 2017

When the U.S. Government Tried to Fight Communism With Buddhism

Recent violence in Myanmar reminds us that religion has long been central to Southeast Asian politics.
by Joe Freeman via Politico Magazine on September 10, 2017
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