Advent is the start of the Christian church's liturgical year. It starts four weeks ahead of Christmas, usually the last ...

FILE - A statue of Benjamin Franklin is seen at The Franklin Institute, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Philadelphia. Franklin, like some other key founders, admired Jesus as a moral teacher but would not ...

In a recent Associated Press article, Peter Smith considers the claim that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. He rightly points out that “Christian nation” means different things to ...

Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. But the concept means different things to different ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Many Americans believe the United States was ...