In disputes over church-state separation, "ceremonial deism" has become a legal doctrine heavily relied upon by those who wish to defend governmental religiosity. Though the concept has been around ...

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Ceremonial deism refers to certain governmental religious expressions, such as the Pledge wording and the national motto of In God We Trust, that defenders claim do not violate the Establishment ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has long walked a fine line between secular governance and religious expression. Through cases on the Pledge of Allegiance, Christmas displays, and war memorials, it developed ...

Q: I'm a 75-year-old man who's never followed any formal religion but have always tried to do what I thought was right. As of late, I've been reading with (great interest) about something called Deism ...

This is in response to Marsha Norton's July 9 letter concerning the Declaration of Independence being signed by men who admitted a dependence on "divine Providence." Obviously Ms. Norton has read the ...

Atheism in America requires a sense of humor, however black, a thick skin, or an active embrace of outsider status; lacking these defenses, you risk being unnerved by the onslaught of religiosity and ...

This essay uses Charles Taylor's recent description of secularity to rethink an important historical example of the relation among religion, reason, and education. Locating Locke's educational theory ...

Viewed in broader terms, a nation in which a majority embraced something like moralistic therapeutic deism would still be Christian in all kinds of important ways. Its moral and civic outlook, for ...

Q: I’m a 75-year-old man who’s never followed any formal religion but have always tried to do what I thought was right. As of late, I’ve been reading (with great interest) about something called Deism ...