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Farewell to the senator's son who pioneered a TV genre, helped create the Christian right, ran for president, and earned the grudging respect of Abbie Hoffman.

This is the story of how a visit by Frederick Douglass to south-central Massachusetts, epitomizes the movement’s ability to spread in the region.

After the English Revolution—and an island’s experiment with republicanism—a genuine restoration was never in the cards.

Many Americans who advocate it have little interest in religion and an aversion to American culture as it currently exists. What really defines the movement?

The story of Swami Vivekananda and his time in America.

Johnny Cash wasn't the only superstar to play in prisons. Music, initially allowed as worship, came to be seen as a rockin' tool of rehabilitation.

What prospects are there today for assessing American politics and history from an early Hofstadterian remove?

Breaking down the myths of originalism and America's founding.

The religious origins of American liberalism.

The US Supreme Court's most recent decisions undermine centuries of established secularism within American government.

A legendary singer on faith, loss, and a family legacy.

The Weisman family objected to religious prayers at a 1986 school graduation. The case went to the Supreme Court, which is again ruling on prayer in schools.

Harry Emerson Fosdick's ‘Shall the Fundamentalists Win?’

The American socialism movement's open participation in and with the broad democratic left benefits the socialist cause.

Why three religious groups traded monogamy for celibacy, polygamy, and complex marriage.

On the devout abolitionists who excoriated American exceptionalism.

The show never took a singular position on social issues. The point was to wrestle with the story itself in hopes of sparking self-awareness and contemplation.

A century ago, the most effective school-ban campaign in American history set the pattern: noise and fear, but not much change in what schools actually teach.

How the secular movement underestimated the endurance of religion.

What a video of an Jan. 6 insurrectionist illustrates about race, religion, and nationalism in the MAGA movement.