The US has created its own "civil religion," a complex body of ambiguous public assertions of faith that obscure the varied, private beliefs of the populace.

Planned Parenthood gunman Robert Dear has been pigeonholed for his "idiosyncratic" faith. But it's very much a part of the American evangelical tradition.

Judging from his public speeches, Franklin D. Roosevelt--aka FDR--may have been our most religious 20th century President.

The Journal of Biblical Literature, published by the Society of Biblical Literature, has provided critical analyses on testament since 1890.