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(RNS) — Princeton University scholar Judith Weisenfeld has long studied the role of religion and race in America — but it wasn’t until recently that she discovered their historical and troubling ...

Research presented in this article was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award #1749130, Christopher P. Scheitle, Principal Investigator). Given popular portrayals, you would ...