Reagan and Trump − two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents − used religion to advance their political visions, but their messages and missions could not be more different.
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The potential repeal of the ban on female genital mutilation poses a threat to the well-being of girls in The Gambia.
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
False ideas about the extinction of the white race, spread around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gave rise to xenophobic and anti-immigration conspiracy theories.
The 2024 elections may see a more intense end-times rhetoric, claims of divine support and a failure to condemn the rise in Christian nationalism, writes a religion scholar.
A scholar of American evangelicalism explains House Speaker Mike Johnson’s connections with Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum.
With modern borders drawn up by colonial powers, some African governments have turned to religion to try to forge national unity since independence.
The faith’s association with conservative politics has stayed strong for decades, but could become a liability, a political scientist argues.
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
The relationship between faith, politics and LGBTQ rights is more complicated than it can appear at first glance.
Christian nationalist ideas are about more than simply being religious and patriotic. They form a worldview about how the nation should be structured and who belongs there.
Winning elections isn’t just a matter of how many players you have. It’s how engaged they are.
In the midterms, some religious voters may be motivated by the argument that if abortion is funded with tax dollars, it makes them personally complicit in sin.
Despite a growing number of non-religious Americans, self-declared atheists are few and far between in the halls of power – putting the US at odds with other global democracies.
If you think of Latino voters as left-leaning Catholics, think again.
Many Republicans have wrestled with whether to embrace Donald Trump and his brash political style. Latter-day Saints are an especially telling example.
Trump and Bolsonaro use religion in similar ways, but there are key differences between the two countries’ evangelical communities – and politics.
Morrison’s religion and his government’s disastrous attempt to legislate a religious discrimination bill stirred up renewed public debate about the relationship between religion and politics.
Distrust of government blended with strains of Christian fundamentalism can produce a violent form of Christian nationalism, a scholar explains.
Faith can inform opinions about abortion on both sides of the political debate, but the Bible itself says nothing directly about the topic, a biblical scholar explains.
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Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
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Anthropologist & Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Monash University
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