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“Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence” in Wastelands, a new anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction.

M. Night Shyamalan’s much-maligned new movie sounds much more interesting if read as an extended argument for religious faith in general and intelligent design specifically.

Palin’s new gig will bring her “warrior spirit” to “fair and balanced.”

Tiger could take Brit Hume’s suggestion and get Jesus for his troubles but nobody should pretend that anything Christian is going on here.

Many have recognized colonialist themes in Avatar but is there also room for an anti-imperial reading of the bible in its narrative?

From abortion to homosexuality to stem cells, you’ve heard time and again that what we are living through is a fight between religious conservatives and activist liberals. It’s not. It is a deep disagreement inside Christianity over what conserving faithfulness means.

For once, commentators ignored the bible verse written in the Gators’ star quarterback’s eye black. Here’s what they missed.

Was Fox News commentator Brit Hume merely demonstrating Christian chauvinism when he recommended that Tiger Woods convert to Christianity? Or are there deeper levels of ignorance to be plumbed here?

The funeral of an atheist friend inspires examination of the Here and the Hereafter. Does death rob life of meaning or does it provide it?

Depends which of the 1.6 billion Muslims you ask. A new film seeks to give depth to Western perceptions of Islam. Too bad they didn’t make it to Asia.