Religion

Through the years, we have argued over the place of faith in politics, the power wielded by charismatic clerics and the meaning of being, as G.K. Chesterton called the U.S., a "nation with the soul of a church." Howard Chua-Eoan explores the laboratory of religious liberty.

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TIME's First Jesus Cover: Anton Lang

Dec. 17, 1923

The American Religion: The Mormon Centenary and Utah

Apr. 07, 1930

"Saint Gandhi": Man of the Year 1930

Jan. 05, 1931

Bishop Fulton Sheen: The First "Televangelist"

Apr. 14, 1952

Billy Graham: A New Kind of Evangelist

Oct. 25, 1954

The Dalai Lama Escapes from the Chinese

Apr. 20, 1959

Protestant Clergy Vs. the Catholic Candidate, JFK

Sep. 19, 1960

To Be Catholic and American

Dec. 12, 1960

Pope John XXIII's New Pentecost

Jan. 04, 1963

America's Gandhi: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan. 03, 1964

"Is God Dead?"

Apr. 08, 1966

Vietnam's Political Buddhism and the War

Apr. 22, 1966

The Alternative Jesus: Psychedelic Christ

Jun. 21, 1971

The Occult Revival: A Substitute Faith

Jun. 19, 1972

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Saints Among Us: The Work of Mother Teresa

Dec. 29, 1975

That Old Time Religion: The Evangelical Empire

Dec. 26, 1977

Cult of Death: The Jonestown Nightmare

Dec. 4, 1978

The Khomeini Era: Iran Becomes a Theocracy

Feb. 12, 1979

Pope John Paul II Forgives His Would-Be Assassin

Jan. 19, 1984

TV's Unholy Row: The Scandal of Televangelism

Nov. 16, 1998

In the Name of God: When Faith Turns to Terror

March 15, 1993

Jesus' Second Millennium: A New Gospel

Dec. 6, 1999

Pope Benedict XVI and the Sex Abuse Scandal

May 27, 2010

Is America Islamophobic?

Aug. 19, 2010

Covers Archive

Time.com Poll

Time.com Polls

Who has been the most significant religious figure of the last 100 years?

Photos

30 Mosques in 30 Days: An American Trip

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