(The Conversation) — Conversations on religious freedom are key to democracy, but they are missing from the discourse this election year, writes a scholar who studies the role of religion in politics.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

Supporters of both major U.S. political parties tend to claim their presidential candidate is the "real" Christian or the "better" Christian or just the "true" Christian. For a majority of white ...

The decline in church attendance has not resulted in a diminished Christian presence in American public life. selimaksan/E+ via Getty images. Supporters of both major U.S. political parties tend to ...