Publications by Subject:  

civil religion, religious nationalism   

Without Benefit of Clergy, Religion in the News, Vol. 14, No. 1, by Samuel Dunbar Livingston

Mayor Bloomberg remembers 9/11 his way.

How to Pray, Religion in the News, Vol. 11, No. 3, by Mark Silk
Chosen to pray at President Obama's 2009 Inauguration.

Civil Religious Revival, Religion in the News, Spring 2008, by R. Stephen Warner.
Barack Obama draws on African-American religion to revitalize civil religion.

"Our New Religious Politics," Religion in the News, Winter 2005.
Editor's Column, by .Mark Silk.

Still Under God, Religion in the News, Summer 2004, by David W. Machacek.
To almost everyone's relief, the Supreme Court punts on the Newdow case.

Under Whatever, Religion in the News, Fall 2003, by Mark Silk.
Editor's column: In God We Trust.

The Religion of Country, Religion in the News, Fall 2003, by David W. Machacek.
It's harder than you think to get Jesus into country music.

The Case of Chaplain Yee, Religion in the News, Fall 2003, by David W. Machacek.
Serving the religious needs of Muslim POWs may be a bad career move.

The Irreverent Eagle, Religion in the News, Summer 2003, by Andrew Chase Baker.
An uppity scout bedevils the Boy Scouts of America.

Jihad for Journalists, Religion in the News, Summer 2003, by Adam Rothstein.
The media lead the crusade against Sultaana Freeman's veiled driver's license.

The Decalogue in Montgomery, Religion in the News, Spring 2003, by Michael Evans.

A defiant judge's struggle to keep the Ten Commandments in his courthouse.

"9/11 On Our Mind",  Religion in the News, Fall 2002, [The victims of 9/11 take their place in America's cult of the dead], by Gary Laderman, Emory University.

"The Civil Religion Goes to War", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [Presidential rhetoric and civil religion in times of national crisis], by Mark Silk, editor

"Good for What Ails Us", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [journalists keep the faith in a time of crisis after the 9-11 attacks], by Andrew Walsh, managing editor

"Falwell and Robertson Stumble", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [two paladins of the religious right offer an extremely controversial interpretation of the 9-11 attacks], by Michael E. Naparstek, editorial assistant

"Feeble Opinions on the House Chaplaincy", Religion in the News, Summer 2000, [review of how editorial writers handled controversy over appointment of chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives], by Michael McGough, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"A Civil Religious Affair", Religion in the News, Spring 1999, [civil religion and presidential sex scandal], by Mark Silk, editor