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Religious liberty has become a wedge issue among many conservative religionists and politicians. President Donald Trump and Franklin Graham, Billy's hard-right preacher son, are among those raising ...

Whether a belief is “sincerely held” is generally an issue of individual credibility. While evidence proving that an employee acted inconsistently with his alleged sincerely held religious belief is ...

The DeSantis administration, in encouraging introduction of religious chaplains into Florida’s public schools, has published a definition of “religion” that appears to exclude world faiths with ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

A nation dedicated to gathering in the Jews of the world, Israel has never been able to answer a question basic to its existence: What is a Jew? Does a Jew become Jewish by birth, or by religious ...

All Jehovah’s Witnesses lay claim to draft exemption on the ground that they are ministers. Last week the U.S. Supreme court backed up one of them in a 6-to-3 decision. What applied to George Lewis ...

NATIONWIDE — LEADERS OF RELIGIOUS NONPROFITS are closely watching a case unfolding in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court that involves a question on whether Catholic Charities’ care for the poor and ...

The anti-abortion rights movement is largely faith based. Catholics and evangelical Christians argue that life begins at conception, and that fetuses have souls. On those grounds, they want to prevent ...

Millions of Americans have changed their religion over the course of their lifetimes, switching from one religion to another, leaving religion altogether, or choosing to identify with a religion after ...

A Bible on a school desk in a classroom. A new Florida law encouraging schools to add religious chaplains to schools appears to exclude world faiths with millions of followers. (Getty Images) The ...