Protestantism

Evangelicalism and the more liberal “mainline” Protestantism must be understood in a dialectical relationship to one another, rather than in isolation.

Liberal Protestants built a global elite in the 20th century. Its fracturing holds a caution for evangelicals today.

A new book recovers the many ways Protestant Americans, especially women, communicated with the dead from the 17th century to the rise of séance Spiritualism.

In the minds of some Southern Protestants, slavery had been divinely sanctioned.

To convert was not just a matter of belief, but also a claim to power.

America's obsession with football is nearly as old as the game itself.

Megachurches represent an enduring model of ecclesial organization in Protestantism.

The rise of liberal religion in the United States.

Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on Earth create a more just world.

The Protestant ethic and the spirit of wokeness.

Through the tragedies and uncertainties of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln may have found a deepened connection to his religious faith.

A conversation with historian David Hollinger about the rise of evangelicalism, the decline of mainline Protestantism, and the nature of America's secularism.

How British protestantism connected colonies and empire until the rupture of the American Revolution.

The disturbing conclusion might just be that evangelicalism does not exist.

How the decline of liberal religion transformed American Christianity — and politics.

In the 17th century, Dutch proselytisers set out for Asia, Africa and the Americas. The legacy of their travels endures.

The debate regarding which Bible kids should read in school was about whether Catholic immigrants should have the full rights of American citizenship.

Early Americans coped with disease through narratives that found divine providence and mercy in suffering.

In a book and documentary series, Henry Louis Gates Jr. offers a wide-ranging tour of Black religion in America.

A new book tackles the deep and persistent American intellectual tradition we might call Science-hesitant.