The Vile Attack on Salman Rushdie Reminds Us of the Value of a Free Society — But is Our Outrage More About the Criminal Than the Crime?
When it was published in 1988, The Satanic Verses wasn’t immediately controversial. But the charged…
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When Religious Disagreement Seems the Least of Our Problems: The Future for “Interfaith” in a Divided Society
A review of Eboo Patel’s new book, “Interfaith Leadership: a Primer.”
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Will a New Dawkins Foundation-Sponsored App Help Atheists Talk to Believers?
The most outspoken non-believers have been antagonistic, bombastic, and sometimes profoundly embarrassing older white men.
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How Not To Defend Atheism
David Silverman, the president of American Atheists and author of the new atheist polemic Fighting God,…
Read MoreWiccan Prayer in Iowa House Highlights Religious Freedom Problem
Can we be inclusive if we exclude the exclusive?
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After Early Christian Opposition, Iceland Gets First Pagan Temple in Nearly 1000 Years
This month an Icelandic Pagan organization called the Ásatrúarfélag (roughly translated,* “the fellowship of those who…
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It’s Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Sectarian Conflicts
Nothing is as conducive to global radical mobilization as an exclusive theological summons.
Read MoreTony Perkins: Atheists Can’t Be Chaplains
Harvard’s humanist chaplain disagrees… sort of.
Read MoreA Buddhist and a Hindu Walk into the Congress…
Surprising notes on the religious (and non-) make up of the U.S. Congress.
Read MoreObama Gets Religion in Indonesia
He’s growing up, but still has a way to go before he treats religion like an adult.
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