Good News for Witches Every Halloween, thousands of Wiccans descend on Salem, Massachusetts—and local churches reach out.
Lauren F. Winner | October 23, 2000
Alternative Religions Many non- and semi-Christian groups also laid claim to the West, but none more successfully than the Mormons.
Elesha Coffman | April 1, 2000
A Church of Their Own Ethnic congregations were essential for building community in the nation's most diverse region.
Carl V. Hallberg | April 1, 2000
No Rest for the Weary Few pioneers possessed strong enough resolve to keep the Sabbath on the Overland Trail.
April 1, 2000
Forty-Niner Faith Traditional Christianity didn't stand much of a chance in the California gold fields.
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp | April 1, 2000
The Competition When Christianity came to town, the religious marketplace was already crowded.
Everett Ferguson | January 1, 1998
Defending the Cannibals How Christians responded to the sometimes strange accusations of their critics.
J. David Cassel | January 1, 1998
Relevant Morality Modernism's most popular preacher on the hopes of liberals.
Harry Emerson Fosdick | July 1, 1997
Prayer Debate Who could pray at the trial?
David Goetz | July 1, 1997