This article was first published in the State of Faith newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Monday night. Earlier this year, I spoke with a college class about the ...

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our constitutional structure, and the law of religious freedom and free expression.

Defining religion isn’t as simple as it seems. Is it belief in God, a system of rituals, or a cultural tradition? Scholars have debated this for centuries, offering competing definitions from ...

The Supreme Court on Monday debated how to define religion as it considered a case on a faith-based tax break. The justices generally seemed to think the government officials involved had adopted the ...

It is nearly axiomatic that presidential contests tend to shine a harsh light on conservative Christians — inasmuch as they are viewed as the Republican Party’s base and are, therefore, deemed fair ...

Weakened militarily and politically after two years of war with Israel, Hamas is facing growing pressure — from both Palestinians and the international community — to accept a U.S.-backed peace plan ...

NEW YORK -- A crowd cheered fervently in Iowa this month as Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback quoted Mother Teresa telling him, "All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for Jesus. All for ...

Almost eight in 10 people in Northern Ireland believe too much emphasis is put on religion as a source of identity rather than a source of meaning or purpose, a survey has revealed.