Peter Manseau

In 1782, American revolutionaries massacred 96 indigenous Moravian Christians. The victims had attempted to avoid taking sides in the war.

Muscular Christianity — with scriptural interpretations that can favor “stand your ground” over “turn the other cheek” — has a long tradition in the U.S.

Smithsonian curator of religion Peter Manseau weighs in on a history that must be told.

Islam in America dates to the founding fathers, says Smithsonian’s religion curator Peter Manseau.

When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive.

Hamilton is less a new vision of the past than a translation of the sacred stories of American civil religion into the vernacular.