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The “Anba Dlo” water symposium held last weekend in New Orleans featured an unexpected alliance: representatives from Rand Corp, architects, environmentalists, policy specialists, and a Vodou…

Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter, the role of the president’s faith, and the real reason for the rise of the Religious Right.

Americans Abroad The Human Rights Campaign has launched a social media campaign targeting American religious activists who promote anti-gay idea and legislation around the world. The campaign is…

This week, controversies emerged involving both a statue of Satan and a statue of Jesus, a “tale of two statues” that raises interesting questions about how objects come to be regarded as sacred, and…

Five things happened to our ancestors of the 17 th of Tammuz and five things happened on the 9 th day of Av. On the 17 th of Tammuz the tablets of the law were broken, the daily temple sacrifice was…

Last week, Raw Story featured an unusual summer travel spot— The Occult Museum of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Although skeptics have dismissed the museum as “full of off-the-shelf Halloween junk, dolls…

The Dawkins Foundation and Last Trumpet Ministries share fondness for “philosophical hokum.”

Passover is a rabbinical, not a biblical tradition. So yes, it is actually Jewish.

An argument in favor of boundary-crossing.

Two options for what happens to the premier kosher food co: ugly and uglier.