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New atheist Daniel Dennet joined Charles Taylor and a host of others gathered at the New School Conference on the religious/secular divide, predicting a complex future for the culture wars.

The trouble with a “spiritual” film award begins with the definition of “spiritual”…

A “real world” believer threatens to undermine the trust-based wiki world with sycophantic edits…

The folks in the pews are more progressive and activist than their clergy, a new survey shows. And those clergy who are supportive of social change are often silent.

The Left Behind films leave one Muslim wondering whether Satan wouldn’t more likely be multinational corporations than liberal secularism.

A North American Muslim reflects on TV portrayals of Muslims…

What to give up for Lent? An Italian bishop thinks it would be good for Catholic youth to give up electronic communication.

Catholic magazine in Spain has its own set of movie awards. “Juno” tops the list. Guess why.

As the economy tanks, suicide rises…

A new Harris poll reveals America’s heroes…and those who are heroes no more.