A civil engineer by trade, Camping predicted Judgement Day would be September 6, 1994. That didn’t happen so he changed it to September 29, then to October 2. Some years later, he predicted the second ...

Regarding the letters insisting that we are losing touch with the fundamental Christian principles of our Founding Fathers: The United States was not> founded on Christian principles. Our country was ...

(RNS) — If the Illinois senator becomes a national candidate it’s likely the Founding Father’s faith tradition will come to be as controversial as it was in the 19th century. (RNS) — Sen. Tammy ...

I have probably heard this statement affirmed just as much as I have heard claims that the founders were Christians. It is one of the many pieces of ammunition used by the opponents of the idea that ...

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Sometimes recognizing a problem requires finding the right words to name it. Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton have coined a phrase that describes perfectly the dominant American religion: ...

Describing the Founding Fathers' religion poses the same challenge as trying to describe the religious beliefs of today's political leaders. Then, as now, beliefs varied from individual to individual.

As professional historians who have taught the first half of the U.S. history survey to hundreds of University undergraduates, we appreciate Bryan Freeman’s endorsement of the importance of history ...

Jews in Germany who have left the Jewish religious community without having adopted the Protestant or Catholic faith and who do not consider themselves atheists must not register as deists ...