Civil religion — sometimes calleed “civic religion” — is a term that is defined many ways. Most broadly, civil religion refers to the symbols and rituals that express patriotism, such as singing ...

Historians of American religion have been congratulating themselves of late on the booming state of scholarship in their field. In the past thirty years, according to the editors of a recent anthology ...

Dr. Elesha Coffman has been selected as the president of the American Society of Church History.

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What does the word religion mean? I often hear that Buddhism is not a religion, but many Buddhists disagree and say it depends on how religion is defined. Many dictionary definitions make religion out ...

A Penn State professor who studies religion, government and civil society in American communities explained in the following Q&A the history, social impact and constitutional context of religion in ...

Students specializing in Religions in American Culture study historical and contemporary religious ideas, practices, institutions, performance, and lived experience. They also survey the diversity of ...

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam. Many Muslims believe it’s their religious duty to pray five times a day in the direction of the Kaaba ...

Engaging Religious Education display bunting featuring key events in the history and development of world religions. Supplied as a printable PDF file. Simply print, cut and either hang as bunting or ...

Abortion-rights protesters shout slogans after tying green flags to the fence of the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2022. AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe The Carson case came from Maine, where ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...