Oliver Ellsworth noted that if a religious oath “were in favour of either congregationalists, presbyterians, episcopalions, baptists, or quakers, it would incapacitate more than three-fourths of ...

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: — "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the ...

The best way to understand Griswold’s mythic insertion of “so help me God” into the presidential oath is through the lens of Christian nationalism. While the phrase is relatively new ...

And it’s one that, a little-known history shows, has been meaningfully shaped by Christian nationalism — and with it, covert antisemitism. Everyone knows the presidential oath of office ends ...

President Trump took the oath of office, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, without his hand on his Bible. However, the Constitution doesn’t specify that a Bible must be used—simply ...

vowed to purge those responsible for the oath. Turkey has become more overtly religious under Erdogan, shedding some of the secularist traditions introduced by Ataturk. Turkey’s military has ...

The best way to understand Griswold’s mythic insertion of “so help me God” into the presidential oath is through the lens of Christian nationalism. While the phrase is relatively new, Christian ...