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March 2024

March 26, 2024

Tattooing Dates Back To The Crucifixion

Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor...

January 2024

January 05, 2024

How religion and politics will mix in 2024

The 2024 elections may see a more intense end-times rhetoric, claims of divine support and...

December 2023

December 13, 2023

Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court

A scholar of American evangelicalism explains House Speaker Mike Johnson’s connections with Ark Encounter and...

April 2022

April 21, 2022

Why the future of the world’s largest religion is female – and African

Women’s contributions to global Christianity are immense, but scholars’ understanding is hampered by limited data.

April 13, 2022

War in Ukraine is testing some American evangelicals’ support for Putin as a leader of conservative values

Vladimir Putin has long been a favorite with many American evangelicals who praised his support...

October 2021

October 06, 2021

White Gen X and millennial evangelicals are losing faith in the conservative culture wars

Growing numbers of young evangelicals and 'Exvangelicals' are pro-LGBTQ, support #BlackLivesMatter – or are fed...

May 2021

May 16, 2021

Ancient Christian thinkers made a case for reparations that has striking relevance today

The biblical story of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of...

April 2021

April 24, 2021

How Baptists hold differing views on the resurrection of Christ and why this matters

Some among the Baptist movement interpret the Resurrection as God’s response and commitment to liberating...

April 14, 2021

How the Supreme Court found its faith and put ‘religious liberty’ on a winning streak

Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh have bolstered the conservative wing of...

April 12, 2021

Faith in numbers: Trump held steady among believers at the ballot – it was the nonreligious vote he lost in 2020

Trump saw a decline in support among atheists, agnostics and voters not affiliated with any...

April 02, 2021

Christian nationalism is a barrier to mass vaccination against COVID-19

Christian nationalists are far less likely to be vaccinated than other groups, research has found....

April 01, 2021

Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial

Prayers and symbols have the power to bind people together, writes a religion scholar, and...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

Think US evangelicals are dying out? Well, define evangelicalism …

The number of self-described evangelicals as a share of US population has held steady for...

January 08, 2021

In Mike Pence, US evangelicals had their ’24-karat-gold’ man in the White House

As Mike Pence prepares for life after the vice presidency, a scholar of religion looks...

November 2020

November 22, 2020

What’s next for American evangelicals after Trump leaves office?

When Trump leaves the White House in January, many American evangelicals will feel that they've...

October 2020

October 13, 2020

Appealing to evangelicals, Trump uses religious words and references to God at a higher rate than previous presidents

Trump uses more religious terms in his set-piece addresses than any other president in the...

June 2020

June 24, 2020

Lynching preachers: How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence

Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the...

June 12, 2020

Churchgoers aren’t able to lift every voice and sing during the pandemic – here’s why that matters

A choral conductor and scholar of sacred music explains what's missing from church worship with...

June 11, 2020

Are religious communities reviving the revival? In the US, outdoor worship has a long tradition

A pastor leads a prayer at an outdoor Easter service (Photo: AP/Chris O'Meara) Religious communities...