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In November 2012, Bob Jones University, the longtime flagship institution of fundamentalism, announced it had...

Hey, we've (probably) never met, but there's something that I'd like to get off my...

Mark Valeri knows more about the economic thinking of the century before the founders than...

Americans like to debate the “wall of separation” between church and state. Conservatives denounce it...

This provides an annotated bibliography of the Nigerian group Boko Haram. The bibliography doesn’t include newspaper or...

The Pure Flix Entertainment production God’s Not Dead has done remarkably well at the box office for...

Fifth International Conference onReligion and Spirituality in SocietyUniversity of California at BerkeleyBerkeley, California, USA16-17 April...

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the centuries-old tradition of offering prayers at the start...

It’s not fashionable to talk about “the truth” in matters of religion. A popular objection...

Long before Doc Rivers found himself defending his Los Angeles Clippers players who were the...

Yesterday I wrote about the decline of anti-gay religion. The context was the recentFaith Angle conference at...

This month I’ve watched as everyone talked about the mounting tension between the Ukraine and...

Most people in their right minds consider Sarah Palin’s statement about using waterboarding to “baptize”...

The death penalty has been part of human society for millennia, understood to be the...

Miles S. Mullin II is Associate Professor of Church History at the Houston campus of...

R3 friend Rev. Dr.Wil Gafney took to Twitter to give a "mini class" on "rape...

Death penalty opponents and lawyers for condemned prisoners said the botched execution of a convicted...

Pittsburgh is the perfect urban laboratory,” says Bill Peduto, the city’s new mayor. “We’re small...

Keynote lecture by James T. Kloppenberg on March 27, 2014, for the conference "Beyond the...

On July 1, the Rev. Shively T. J. Smith will join the Wesley Theological Seminary faculty to...

I suppose it’s easier to focus on the “goodness” and “preservation” of institutions when they...

At this point, you're married to the Lord, and your father is your boyfriend." So...

by Alaenor LondonR3 ContributorDear Fellow Christian Faith Leaders in Tennessee: Yesterday, TN Governor Bill Haslam became...

Alaenor London is a native of Memphis, TN. After completing undergraduate studies at the University...

by Andre E. JohnsonR3 EditorIn what would become his last public speech, Rev. Dr. Martin...

My son, Jess Rainer, and I conducted an extensive study of the Millennials, those persons...

It’s among the hottest of the hot button issues in American culture, but increasingly same-sex...

by Peter GathjeR3 ContributorThis morning brought thunderstorms with heavy rain, thunder, and lightening. We opened...

The famed Riverside Church in Manhattan has recommended the Rev. Amy Butler as its seventh...

When I was in undergrad, one of the first courses I took in religious studies...