The Explainer: What does it mean to claim the US is a Christian nation, and what does the Constitution say?
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, answers some key questions…
ESSAY: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR’S’, “DREAM” AND EMMETT TILL’S DEATH CAPTURE WARRING SOUL OF THE US
In an article first published on Religion News Service, author KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral in the US, reflects on the “warring soul” of America…
George Washington’s faith under scrutiny after sale of “God letter”
RNS The sale of a 230-year-old letter in which America’s first president speaks of “Providence” guiding the fledgling republic’s affairs has rekindled interest in how George Washington saw religion, a subject long debated among scholars, supporters and sceptics. The letter, which came on the market Monday, was sold at the asking price of $US140,000 to […]