Us-versus-them thinking. High-control habits. An obsession with punishment. Some aspects of the MAGA movement are a lot older ...

Christian nationalism was a flop when the Puritans tried it. See this famous Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpture for information.

Nicolls got nowhere with them. For the Puritans' descendants, the American system of government that was forged in the 18th century was only ever a vehicle to get to the promised land. Few ...

Indeed, they might now be viewed as integral parts of our national psyche rather than simple aberrations. “Destructive cults ...

Triumphalist rhetoric like what we've heard from the president makes it impossible to see things, including ourselves, as ...

Traditionally, the template here has been what one would call ‘a decadent American puritanism’, to quote the Economist. An odd combination of ducking responsibility for its own policies and ...

When French actor Gérard Depardieu walks into a Paris courtroom on Monday, he won’t just be facing two women who accuse him ...

It took the Prodigal Son so long to return! His Father was not waiting to roast him over an open fire. No, he was launching ...

Memories and reflections on Martin E. Marty, a scholar of remarkable influence, kindness, and wit, from a friend and ...

Genocide involved the displacement of the indigenous population, Christianizing them and introducing them to civilization.