The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

America is unique in that its political institutions preceded its development of national identity. In his book Religion in America, Denis Lacorne identifies two competing narratives of American ...

Two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in 2024, claiming that restrictions on political candidate endorsements violate their ...

Many Americans have seen the transformation of politics into a quasi-religious force, and they don’t like it. It polarizes society, as political allegiance becomes not just a matter of opinion ...

Perry (@profsamperry) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He is among the nation’s leading experts on conservative Christianity in American politics, race, sexuality, and ...

This civil religious inclusivity helps explain why we ban partisan political activity in U.S. military cemeteries — a ban Donald Trump was widely regarded as having violated in August, when he ...

Home; Religion; Talking Point What the shifting religious landscape means for American politics. Religious observance is on the decline in the U.S. What does that mean for future elections?

2019–2020: Deep Stories: Narrative’s Role in American Religion and Politics. In her recent book, Strangers in Their Own Land, Arlie Russell Hochschild writes, “A deep story is a feels-as-if story—it’s ...

Are politics replacing religion in American life? And what is gained and lost as our country stops going to churches, synagogues and mosques? May 9, 2024 More than 1 year ago ...

As Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell demonstrated in their 2010 book, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, most Americans no longer orient their lives around houses of worship.

Politics, Religion – and the No. 1 State Utah shines in hard-data areas like the economy and education – but don't overlook its more intangible traits. Elliott Davis Jr. May 6, 2025 ...