Philadelphia's Bible Riots of 1844 reflected a strain of anti-Catholic bias and hostility that coursed through 19th-century America. Granger Collection, New York Wading into the controversy ...

Knowing well the history of religious warfare that led to America’s settlement, they clearly understood both the dangers of that system and of sectarian conflict. It was the recognition of that ...

Last week, in an attempt to justify his military attack on the sovereign nation of Venezuela and the ensuing arrest of ...

Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25. He was 88 years ...

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to ...

On March 26, students and scholars gathered in the Wren building to hear Rahel Fischbach, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, deliver a lecture drawn from her forthcoming book, Between God and ...

A staunch champion of pluralism, he was described in Time magazine as “the most influential living interpreter of religion in the U.S.” By Sam Roberts Martin E. Marty, a pre-eminent religious ...

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to ...

Brendan Szendro does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

The premier museum on Maryland’s history has hired a curator to focus on one of the state’s proudest claims to fame: its profile as a haven for faith traditions. The Maryland Center for History and ...

On the brink of our entry into the Land of Israel, after delivering most of His commandments, God entered into a covenant with us. This solemn pact entwines our national destiny with our moral and ...