Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Religion and politics
Displaying 1 - 20 of 73 articles
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.
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.
A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe.
Many religions have been used to prop up nationalism, and Catholicism is no exception, as a Jesuit priest and scholar explains.
World War II has a central place in Russian nationalism. Its importance is written all over a new cathedral dedicated to the armed forces.
Religion plays an important role in expansive views of Russian nationhood. But faith has played a role in Ukrainian nationalism, too.
The war in Ukraine is just the latest chapter in a long, tangled relationship between the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church.
To understand Russia’s war in Ukraine, look to the blend of religious and militaristic nationalism under Putin – on full display in the Church of the Russian Armed Forces.
Race, politics and religion have a long and tangled history in the US. And it all comes together each week in sermons across the country.
The author set out to understand how the faith of displaced LGBT people in South Africa has evolved over time, and how religion has shaped their experiences of displacement.
Joe Biden may be only the country’s second Catholic president, but a long line of U.S. leaders have met with popes over the years.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
-
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University
-
Associate Professor, Baylor University
-
Adjunct Professor of Religious and Theological Studies, St. Edward's University
-
Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
-
Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
-
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Assistant Professor, Emerson College
-
Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
-
Professor of Politics, Monash University
-
Director of Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University
-
Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Monash University
-
PhD Candidate at the Institute for Social Justice, Australian Catholic University
-
Senior Lecturer in African Studies, University of Birmingham
