Time to toss Grandma’s ‘no politics or religion at the dinner table’ rule; our future depends on it ...

It’s offensive to both politics and religion. By Susan Jacoby Ms. Jacoby frequently writes about religion and secularism. Looking for a new villain to account for the polarization and sheer ...

Iyengar finds religion in a striking decline, but he doesn’t believe the transition from there to politics is a conscious choice for many. “We see elections and campaigns going on almost ...

The political theorist Samuel Goldman calls this “the law of the conservation of religion”: In any given society, there is a relatively constant and finite supply of religious conviction. What ...

While America had no established religion, Christian morality still influenced law and politics. There were laws dealing with marriage, divorce, birth control, abortion, prostitution, gay sex ...

A U.S. flag, an image of Jesus and an image of former president Donald Trump are seen on a pet-grooming building in McConnellsburg, Pa., on May 28, 2021.

“I see people leaving both religion and politics overall as a positive sign," she told me. "People are no longer willing to just be part of the crowd but are searching for their own path to follow.

However, when it comes to how we think and talk about religion and American politics, I am convinced that there is no going back. The old paradigm no longer fits, and will not snap back into place ...

A large majority of Americans says that LGBTQ+ people should be allowed to live as they choose; the minority that disagrees is largely defined by politics and religion.

To no one’s surprise, 83% of white evangelical voters backed President Donald Trump in 2024, consistent with voting patterns in recent decades. The news, this time, was that Cooperative Election ...

Today, it sems as though politics has taken over that role, becoming the new religion that shapes identities and dictates loyalties. People have become rabid about their candidates and their politics.

Politics is not a religion: Elected officials are humans, not demigods, and fallible like everyone else. Story by John Scott ...