Everywhere you look in American history, you will find the language, stories, and concepts from the Old and New Testaments.

In many ways, Paine was a fiercer supporter of democracy than many of the more celebrated Founding Fathers, whose mistrust of the “common people” led them to put limits on voting rights and popular ...

Even when ideology is not at stake, the church lives in history, even while its foundations and its eschatological future ...

P eople who know little about ancient history are still familiar with the fact that Romans persecuted Christ and Christians.

Competing visions of religious liberty clash in ways difficult to resolve. No viable model can leave everyone alone to follow ...

Part four of a four-part series on the role of Baptists in development of religious liberty in America, published in conjunction with the nation’s 250th anniversary. Charles Jones ...

David S. Reynolds' book examines the twin legacies of the Mayflower, which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620, and the White Lion, which brought the first enslaved Africans to Virginia in 1619.

The men who signed the Declaration of Independence were flawed, but what they did in the summer of 1776 changed the world forever – and their fight for equality continues today.

In a similar vein, Vice President Vance has claimed that Americans who can trace their ancestry to those who fought in the ...

European colonial powers linked church and state. But the founders of the United States broke from that idea as surely as they broke from Britain.

Chef and restaurateur Will Gilson is a familiar name in Cambridge, where he runs seven food businesses, but he’s also inextricably tied to Groton, a historic town northwest of Boston. His family has ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The long-running debate over the founders ...