The Role of Religion in Politics

Funding and feedback by salon patrons encouraged philosophers to put their ideas on paper.

• In 1748, Montesquieu published Spirit of the Laws, which advocated a separation of governmental powers.
• In 1751, Diderot helped create the Encyclopédie, among the fir...

Throughout history, people have fasted for religious purposes, to make a political statement, to cure illnesses, and before certain medical procedures, among other things. 

If you know people who fast for reasons outside of weight loss, someone who maybe does it for spiritual reasons, havin...

Metaphors, like “trickle-down economics” and “red wall,” help frame the issues and also our responses to social and political discussions.

When politicians compare the national economy to a household budget, they want us to think in specific ways about national debt or policies of aust...