How Civil War–era churches that avoided taking sides on slavery ended up siding with its supporters.

Meanwhile, Robert E. Lee’s former church votes to change its name.

Sofia Coppola's latest film is all about the inevitable gap between who we are and who we claim to be.

How historic congregations grapple with Confederate legacy.

Why the clash between North and South remains relevant, 150 years later.

The author of 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin' wasn't always the stodgy conservative of popular imagination.

The 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' has marched its way through American history. But does it do justice to Jesus?

$15 million Seminary Ridge Museum opens with focus on "duty and devotion."

Local Congolese Christians nurture new efforts to end chronic violence as UN adds new brigade.

Documentarian says anti-slavery movement and evangelicalism shared "idea of converting people."

Abraham Lincoln was not a philosopher, but to him ideas mattered.

The "Moses" of Her People

Everything you know about Civil War legends Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant is wrong. At least that's what some new scholarship is suggesting.

Christmas Carols and the Civil War.

John Brown was a man you either loved or hated, feared or followed.

Every May we're reminded of the war that split our country, but the Christian stories of that struggle remain buried. Here are some facts you probably didn't know.

By Allen C. Guelzo, author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Two historians tell why Christian thought went AWOL during the civil war.