Some famous atheists have now adopted the term “cultural Christian” to describe themselves. What does it mean, and how is that playing out in an increasingly secular America?

NRB joins complaint challenging Johnson Amendment’s restrictions on First Amendment freedoms of nonprofit organizations, including churches.

Election Day is fast approaching. But only a fraction of Americans who say religious liberty is important actually vote in major elections. If we want to protect religious freedom and all our civil liberties, people of faith can’t stay on the sidelines. Voting is our opportunity to shape the future of our nation. Source: Religious Voters Have the Power to...

Over the years 1934-1961, British historian Arnold Toynbee published his 12-volume “A Study of History.” Toynbee studied the rise and fall of 23 civilizations. His conclusion was that great civilizations die not from external causes but from internal causes.

A pastor reflects on his church closing, fertility inequality, declining economic prospects for lower income white America and more in this week’s roundup.

By Ross Douthat – nytimes.com – May 10, 2024 A taxonomy of post-religious conservatisms. You’re reading the Ross Douthat newsletter, for Times subscribers only.  The columnist reflects on culture and politics, but mostly culture. Get it in your inbox. During the 2016 Republican campaign, watching Donald Trump shoulder his way past his more pious rivals for the nomination, I remarked on the...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Inspector General Michael Horowitz maintains that the FBI did not commit any wrongdoing or demonstrate hostility toward religion by circulating an internal document warning about connections between “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists” and “radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology.”

We are a cut flowers civilization. And eventually, cut flowers die.

Actively listening to those with whom we disagree. Presenting and discussing beliefs respectfully. Equipping young people with the skills of listening and engaging respectfully.