The United States is a secular pluralistic democracy. But its secular nature and its pluralism — necessary to preserve, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) After climbing for decades, the percentage of Americans with no religion has leveled off. For the past few years, the share of adults who identify as atheist, agnostic or “nothing ...

To the editor: German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer struggled to understand how German society could possibly support Nazism, which was so inimical to the values that country’s people had ...

James Laurence says that the Founding Fathers didn't intend for the First Amendment to protect government from religion. He's right; that's in article VI, which prohibits religious tests for any ...

Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based arguments. U.S. government archives.gov Some suggest that the United States is ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: And now, from the changing landscape of the Catholic Church to an increasingly secular America. Our next guest, inspired by her own conversion to ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Mahmoud v. Taylor that Montgomery County Public Schools must allow religious opt-outs from any lessons that parents believe will interfere with the ...

WASHINGTON — Most Arizona lawmakers feel a sense of pride when asked to give the invocation to open a House session, but Rep. Juan Mendez was gripped by a different emotion. “I came in with a little ...

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President Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Feb. 6. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) To the editor: German Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer struggled to understand how ...