WASHINGTON–After the state of Oklahoma contested the right of a Catholic organization to get state funding for a charter school, the Supreme Court is weighing whether the separation of church and ...

Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss his latest book, "America's Best Idea: The ...

Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is actively eroding the separation of church and state, breaking with centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence. This past term, the U.S. Supreme Court further ...

On this week’s Slate Plus-only episode, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern review the jaw-dropping arguments from SCOTUS this week that could effectively legalize public funding for religious ...

A bedrock of American exceptionalism has been the prohibition on using tax dollars to support religion. In America’s “melting pot,” public schools must be open to all without any religious preference ...

The word "God" is seen on the wall of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. The word "God" is seen on the wall of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images Two ...

Not so very long ago, “separation of church and state” was as American as motherhood and apple pie. Despite perennial debates over the degree of separation, public support for the principle itself has ...

The genius of the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is found in the balance each provides the other. Ideally, the Free Exercise Clause protects and maintains our ...

The beginning of the end of the separation of church and state started with recycled tires—specifically, recycled tires used for playground padding at a Missouri church’s preschool. The end could ...

(RNS) — If St. Isidore prevails, it would suppress the U.S. founders’ beliefs in the separation of church and state and open the door to endless demand for government dollars. (RNS) — The Supreme ...

Two hundred fifty years ago, the American Revolution began with the “shot heard ‘round the world.” The Revolution set the stage for a new nation based not on ethnicity or geography or religion, but on ...