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Tag: religion and politics

The rise of the religious left

March 28, 2017 17 Comments

Will the “religious left” rise to the level of political influence enjoyed and employed by the “religious right”?

The FBI and religious literacy

March 3, 2017 No Comments

As religion takes an ever-higher profile in America’s national-security concerns, a new book says that the FBI needs to improve the religious literacy of their agents and staff.

No quick and easy answers in the law on religious freedom.

September 16, 2016 1 Comment

The U.S. Commission on Civil rights finds that lawyers and the courts are stumped about religious liberty. There is no easy way to untangle the knots caused by the competing claims to protect minority groups and the free expression of religion.

#SuperTuesday

March 1, 2016 No Comments

The Religion News Service draws on Pew Research data to ask what role religion will play in today’s Super Tuesday primary elections.