When winter cold settles in across the U.S., the alleged "War on Christmas" heats up. In recent years, department store greeters and Starbucks cups have sparked furor by wishing customers "happy ...

Some of us belong to denominations that have Puritan roots. Our religious forefathers spent more energy opposing Rome than praising Jesus. I am delighted to see that in my eight decades this passion ...

PURITANISM AND DEMOCRACY—Ralph Barton Perry—Vanguard ($5). What is America? What does it mean to be an American? What is the essential faith of America? Today, by their very presence on distant ...

We took a look at data going back to the Revolutionary War and found something shocking: Virtue names such as Hope, Charity and Faith are back and bigger than ever. When exactly did Americans stop ...

The author Garrard Conley has spent his life exploring the overlap between Christianity and sexuality. His bestselling memoir "Boy Erased" was adapted into a 2018 film about undergoing conversion ...

I recently had a conversation with a college sophomore who’s been struggling with his faith. He is a Christian who wants to believe, he said, but there are many days when he wakes up doubting that ...

Many things influence human behavior, and I don’t claim to understand all of them. I have had the most experience with the early New England Puritans' influence on how Americans act and react to the ...