Religion Initiative Director Paul Lambert spoke in the University Forum speaking on Faith and Flourishing in Your Life and Work.

Litigation Update: Legal Developments Surrounding Tithing and Religious Donations

The 2025 Wheatley Institute Seminar on Religion and Politics provided an excellent opportunity for political science and sociology graduate students from around the country to explore the role of religion in society. The seminar explored the history and current landscape of religious identity, influence, pluralism, and its impact on American politics and culture. Students also explored quantitative and qualitative methods and experiential wisdom in studying religion and politics from leading faculty in the field. Learning areas included how to explore data sources for research on religion, how to classify religious groups for more accurate measurements in surveys, how to measure religious behavior and belief, and how to study specific religious traditions.

Constitution Director James Phillips Writes for The Federalist Society

Constitution Director James Phillips writes for National Review

Using over a decade of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Wheatley Fellow Dr. Samuel Wilkinson's study finds that unmarried individuals are consistently at higher risk for suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts—and that the protective effect of marriage has grown over time, especially among those who have never married and young people have de-prioritized marriage as an important life goal.