Belief

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War.

Rains of blood and frogs, mysterious disappearances, objects in the sky: these were the anomalies that fascinated Charles Fort in his Book of the Damned.

From early New England to the present day, censors have acted out of fear, not prudishness.

The stories of two Muslim immigrants who fought for the Union show that the American Civil War was an international fight.

Norma Gabler's work in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s foreshadowed today's campaigns.

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims.

Marion Gibson’s research rigorously traces the legal and human aspects of the trials through today.

A truly Christian postliberalism would imagine and enact an alternative modernity with a different standard of progress.

The Trump campaign is signaling that it intends to make the U.S. a "Christian nation." Here's what that idea looked like in history.

From the ruins of the Spanish Civil War to air force bases in Texas.

Sometimes an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding; to others, the devil appeared in the form of a dog.

The "parental rights" movement, rooted in colonial theocracy, has evolved into a political force resisting racial, gender, and educational equality.

A changing political mood among evangelicals has many believers imagining the end of the world differently than they used to.

Some Americans who have lost faith in traditional institutions are finding spirituality in this Denver church—and in themselves.

The path to winning the Black vote no longer runs through the church door.

Anti-war politics has a rich historical tradition, one that seems to be in desperate need of revival.

Today, the international feminist group FEMEN uses nudity as part of its protests. But appearing naked in public was also a tactic used by early dissenters.

In the 1970s, some athletes began questioning the alliance between sports, conservative Christianity, and politics.

But unlike today's white Christian nationalism, Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.

Exploring the role mainline Protestants have played in promoting the idea of America as a Christian country.

Any attempt to understand the complexities of American economic thought without considering the significant role of religious beliefs is incomplete.

The surprising influence of premillennial eschatology on American culture.

It was no coincidence that public school secularization and desegregation were happening, and failing, simultaneously.

"Between the Temples" tackles the anxieties around cultural assimilation—and finds continuity among very different generations.

Less about morality than about rights, the Mormon War of 1858 hinged on the issue of polygamy, pitting a Utah community against federal authorities.

When religion became the veil for racial violence in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

A new book argues that we misunderstand the forces that drove the notorious slave rebel.

Chronicling the emergence of a unique blend of counterculture and Christianity.

A new book blames institutional Protestantism for undermining a vibrant strain of Christian radicalism that swirled through the Gilded Age.

The evangelical psychologist gained influence with millions of families through decades of parenting advice focused on strict discipline.