Recent protests on racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.
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White supremacists feed off a narrative of America being white and Protestant. The Church’s history in the US is enmeshed with racist ideology.
Expansion of voucher programs may leave parents with a choice between sending children to religious schools or public schools stripped of funding.
In appearing with Bible in hand at the time of crisis, Trump is signaling his position as defender of traditional values, while ‘othering’ detractors. Russia’s Putin and India’s Modi have done similar things.
Understanding how unrest informed both early Christianity and the foundational stories of the United States can serve as a guide in this current period of turmoil.
In the early 1970s, rumors about poisoned candy on Halloween led to mass paranoia. A historian explains why such fears emerge – and what, in reality, feeds them.
The church is itself divided on Brexit, but that doesn’t mean it can’t provide guidance for a polarised community.
Along with a belief in miracles, other key aspects of Pentecostal doctrine – from divine providence to pietism – will likely shape the actions of our re-elected Prime Minister.
The coercive Christian rule under which Notre Dame was sanctioned drove a wide exploitation of nature. Let it stand as a reminder of our environmental sins and a call to action.
The biblical story of Jesus’s birth is an inherently political story – something that makes many Christians uncomfortable.
The public broadcaster wants to encourage greater literacy and promote equal coverage of all faiths, including humanism.
Religious freedom in Australia can be a source of division with examples of respect for and of government interference with that freedom.
Religion in schools has always been contentious and especially so in Australia, where there is a commitment to secular principles.
The relationship of Australians to religion is changing, as people find other ways to connect with their personal beliefs.
Australia’s federal MPs are apparently servants of the Christian God, working for His glory.
In a nation labelled secular, many of our elected representatives have strong religious ties, and this affects they way they the country is run.
Religious education offered in Australian state schools has variations in the quality of delivery and limited provisions for the students who opt out.
Appeal to faith is a popular election campaign strategy in Kenya where the line between religion and politics is often thin.
Viewed from today’s post-Cold War and secularised society, the conflicts at heart of the Labor split appear curiously arcane. Yet its ghosts remain.
Charities in Australia can be political. They can advocate and lobby to further their charitable purposes. But they can’t be party-political.
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Professor of Practice, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union
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Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy, Willamette University
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Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of History and African-American Studies, University of Montana
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Associate Teaching Professor in Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Adjunct Professor of Religious and Theological Studies, St. Edward's University
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Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
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Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Baylor University
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Anthropologist & Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing Communication, Emerson College
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Professor of history, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Monash University