Five hundred years after the Reformation, surveys show that theological differences in the U.S. and Western Europe that split Western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries.

Comments of those who would otherwise be behind the statement’s traditional views show the way the Trump presidency has scrambled internal evangelical debate — particularly on the question of who has legitimacy to speak about morality in the public square.

Last month, the nuns filed suit in federal court, arguing that allowing the pipeline on their land would violate their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The line of locals and tourists stretches about 400 people long, and one might think they are waiting to get into a play, a museum or even for ice cream. But these people want to go to a church service.

Religious communities have a significant stake in this conversation. Some researchers are engaging in thought experiments to prepare for the future, and to consider how current technology should be utilized by religious groups in the meantime.

Contemporary Western liberals often assume that theological and political worldviews are competing discourses. But treating the theological and the political as warring forces stops us from looking at the more surprising ways that they interact and inform each other.

From Protestant preachers to Jewish cantors to Catholic nuns, religious leaders of a range of faiths demonstrated in the nation’s capital for racial justice.

A new study finds that a lecture from evangelical climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe successfully educates evangelical college students, validating the “trusted sources” approach.