The long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American story Was
America founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip …

2. One medieval historian whose notice this history did not escape is Philippe Buc, who has
seen the importance of Reformation-era Protestant critiques of Catholic sacramentality and …

What are you drawn to like, to watch, or even to binge? What are you free to consume, and
what do you become through consumption? These questions of desire and value, Kathryn …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

Religious freedom is so often presented as a timeless American ideal and an inalienable
right, appearing fully formed at the founding of the United States. That is simply not so, Tisa …

How is it that in America the image of Jesus Christ has been used both to justify the atrocities
of white supremacy and to inspire the righteousness of civil rights crusades? In The Color of …

Religious freedom has become an emblematic value in the West. Embedded in constitutions
and championed by politicians and thinkers across the political spectrum, it is to many an …

When is a war not a war? When it is undertaken in the name of democracy, against the
forces of racism, sexism, and religious and political persecution? This is the new world of …

This book explores the recent trend toward the transformation of religious symbols and
practices into culture in Western democracies. Analyses of three legal cases involving …

American evangelicalism has long walked hand in hand with modern consumer capitalism.
Timothy Gloege shows us why, through an engaging story about God and big business at …