The First Amendment of the US Constitution forbids the creation of an official state church,
and we hear the phrase" separation of church and state" so frequently that it may surprise us …

From the first rumblings of the Moral Majority over twenty years ago, the Christian Right has
been marshalling its forces and maneuvering its troops in an effort to re-shape the …

The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of
Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics …

The story of the birth of the Religious Right is a familiar one. In the 1970s, mainly in
response to Roe v. Wade, evangelicals and conservative Catholics put aside their …

The religious and political winds are changing. Tens of millions of religious Americans are
reclaiming faith from those who would abuse it for narrow, partisan, and ideological …

When the Christian Right burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, many political observers
were shocked. But, as God's Own Party demonstrates, they shouldn't have been. The …

They have money, influence, power-and they turn out to vote." They" are groups like Focus
on the Family, Family Research Council, and Concerned Women for America (all parts of the …

In the battles over religion and politics in America, both liberals and conservatives often
appeal to history. Liberals claim that the Founders separated church and state. But for much …