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…as do Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens. Upon viewing Bill Maher’s Religulous the author asks: Why are the so-called New Atheists using the archaic and theologically conservative definition of religion pushed by home-schoolers?

A new survey reveals not only that church attenders and youth have swung back into Obama’s camp, but that he’s perceived as “friendlier” toward religion than McCain.

Whether prom signals triumph or terror, it’s a powerful rite of passage, endowed with an unmistakable aura of the sacred—if you know where to look.

In an aggressive post, pro-life Catholic Michael Sean Winters responded to Frances Kissling’s opposition to an anti-choice, anti-birth control pick for the Dept of Health and Human Services. Mary Hunt responds to Winters.

This festival, running now in NYC, is an example of the kind of border-crossing that art can inspire. Our coverage of the festival starts today.

Comic about an evangelical teen suffers from some critical flaws…

A religio-immigration-labor story, the Midwest, and Orthodox Jews. Oh my.

When do seemingly manageable ideological differences within a functioning democracy become something more treacherous?

The original insider memoir, by Procopius of Caesarea, gave the word ‘byzantine’ its current meaning…

MoveOn wannabe, Colin Hanna, has found a new platform for his Obama attack ads: MTV. Aiming to ”plant some seeds of doubt” in the ”younger demographic” a positive org goes negative to push McCain—along with a border fence, an anti-Jihadist site and a Pastor initiative…