“Discovery and Revelation: Religion, Science, and Making Sense of Things” is on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History through March 2023.

Historically, Religion is much more than worship; it also serves a complex set of other personal and social functions. We can see this by considering the history of Religion.

At a glance, it might seem like government support would strengthen religious institutions. In reality, it can backfire, ...

The first millennium was a period of profound change and development, marked by the rise and fall of empires, the spread of ...

There have been numerous calls recently for a better understanding of religion. Of course, many of those were heard after September 11, 2001, when it became clear how little most Americans know of ...

Heather, the chair of medieval history at King's College London, is the author of Christendom: The Triumph of Religion, AD 300-1300 For the first millennium of Christianity’s existence, western ...

I believe it’s important that we, as Americans, learn from this history of the fight for the freedom of religion and speech. (Kristina M. Lee, Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota.

Academic religion publishers are prioritizing the search for more accurate retellings of history as well as clearer views of the Bible in new books, many of which will appear at the Annual ...

Lately, Islamicists have called to discard "religion" as a conceptual tool and/or to use the "Qurʾānic term" dīn instead, arguing that "religion" entails Eurocentric bias. Analyzing how Fazl-ur-Rahman ...