At the Pentecostal Church she grew up in, Rev. Yvette Flunder recalls pastors who were tender and kind and understanding. That is, until one topic came up. From our friends at KALW's 'The Spiritual Edge.'

It turns out that Thomas Jefferson, our third president and the lead author of the Declaration of Independence, spent his off hours in the White House creating his own personal Bible.

First, we hear a sonic tribute to sacred harp. It's a form of music that is distinctively American, which got its start right around the time our country was becoming a new nation. Then, the faiths of our founders.

In the absence of a state religion, Americans crave a kind of secular religion to bind us together. We don't have a Notre Dame Cathedral, but we have a set of holidays and sacred spaces that define who we are as a nation

Everytime we gather to sing the national anthem or retell the stories of our founding fathers, we're participating in a kind of secular religion that is uniquely American.

Barry Schwartz argues that unlimited choices don't liberate us--they paralyze us. Here, he applies his theory to the subjects of our show--religious people choosing lives with fewer choices.

After years of falling for men outside of her faith, Sara Rahim has decided she’s done with all that. Now, she's looking for a Muslim husband... with her mom's help.

Ekemini Uwan is an orthodox Christian who doesn't apologize for her embrace of traditional gender roles: women and men are "made distinctly," she says. "We are different."

"What I am is someone who is not, say, available for same sex romantic or sexual relationships," Eve Tushnet tells us, of her decision to be celibate.

Fatima and Hagiraa Tipu are sisters. One wears a hijab--a headscarf--for modesty, and the other doesn't. Hagiraa tells her sister that she hopes to wear it one day, but right now she doesn't have the confidence.