Religion Goes to the Movies
A brief tour through some forthcoming films.
Read MoreA brief tour through some forthcoming films.
Read MoreBuddhism, which has a larger US population than either Islam or Hinduism, has had a sizable and growing impact on American culture. So why no representative on the Obama administration’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships?
Read MoreForty years ago, Indian militants, as they were then named, occupied the island of Alcatraz. In their memory, our writer reflects on both the bloody history of the first Thanksgiving, and the remarkable, enduring power of tribal tradition to create spiritual sustenance in the modern world.
Read MoreIn the Bible, God has a preference for the poor and outcast, but this message is lost on many contemporary readers. A new edition seeks to remedy this ignorance, even as it turns a tidy profit for the publisher.
Read MoreWith his signature combination of controversy-avoidance and biblical cherry-picking Joel Osteen promotes the good life.
Read MoreWith the 5 Gitmo detainees believed to be behind the 9/11 attacks being tried in Manhattan, conservatives push for the label of “war” over “crime.” Just War tradition doesn’t agree.
Read MoreWhich raises the thorny question: what will the church do about that pesky “fidelity and chastity” clause?
Read MoreControversial Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan, banned from travel to the United States, spoke in Montreal last week at the annual convention of the American Academy of Religion. In a question-and-answer session he answered accusations of “doublespeak.”
Read MoreA letter to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg from a scholar of religious extremism.
Read MoreA commenter from a recent review of Karen Armstrong’s new book writes that a central claim of hers is “utterly false.” Our blogger examines that claim.
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