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A copy of the missive, leaked to the press, charges the conservative movement with being insular, unresponsive, and of diminishing value to its member organizations.

Despite the fact that the AIG bonuses represent only a fraction of the crisis there’s more to economics than number crunching.

Only a minority of Obama’s faith-based leaders have any expertise on the topic and most are far more philosophically attuned to abstinence-only sexuality education

A new subscription service pays homage to the days of indulgences. Only now it’s cheaper. Praise capitalism.

Is an effort to cobble together a handwritten Bible “of the people” really going to make it more accessible and widely read?

An august group of scholars challenges academic theologians to begin appearing on daily talk shows and to write accessible books.

Defense of Marriage laws, now in place in over thirty-seven states, are actually a form of religious violence; they violate sacred texts, are idolatrous, and scapegoat a powerless group.

A recent AP headline innocently reinforced what many in the religious right would have us believe: that they are the “real” Christians.

A front page story in the Times revealed that 5 different pastors are hard at work guiding our president. But why make it public?

Will gender parity in the mosque end with a bang or a whimper?