Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate
James Carroll : Catholicism & Catholics
Will Roman Catholicism be swept into the rising tide of religious fundamentalism?

James Carroll : Catholicism & Catholics
Will Roman Catholicism be swept into the rising tide of religious fundamentalism?
Al Jazeera : US Military
Evangelicals serving in Afghanistan add spreading Christianity to list of duties in defiance of US military law.
The Daily Show
According to Jon Stewart, the worshiper-in-chief can't seem to decide what faith he's going to adhere to.

Negar Azimi : Iran
Thirty years after the Islamic revolution, Iran teeters on the brink of a different kind of revolt. Four books shed light on an ancient nation's many incarnations.

Christine Smallwood : Science
A conversation with astrophysicist Adam Frank about science, religion and manifestations of the sacred in the physical world.

Anthony Grafton : History
A new book explores the longstanding scholarly debate over a secret and libertine Gospel of Mark.
Drew Haxby : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The Episcopal Church's promotion of an openly gay clergyman has created a serious rift within the religious community, threatening the future of the denomination.

Richard Kim : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
If Rick Warren, Barack Obama and the gay community can find common ground, it'll be on civil, not religious, grounds. So let's separate church and state.

Christine Smallwood : Journalists & Journalism
A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
Obama's choice to give the invocation at his inauguration is a slap at progressives and a bow to the religious right.
Members of India's poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.
Rev. Howard Moody : Separation of Church & State
We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.
Ronald Aronson : Presidential Election 2008
Pursuing religious voters, Republicans and Democrats overlook the importance of the constituency of nonbelievers.
Sarah Posner : Presidential Election 2008
Led by Obama, Democrats are making a bid for evangelical voters. Lost cause or holy grail?
OK, God, we know James Dobson asked his followers to pray for rain on Obama in Denver last week. But this storm in New Orleans isn't what anybody had in mind.
Adele Oltman : Martin Luther King Jr.
As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.
The case against Victoria Osteen embodies the narcissism of those who preach the Gospel of prosperity.
