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Is religious extremism on its way out?

An Israeli late show host’s skit denying the virgin birth caused a furor among evangelicals and the Vatican. He had his reasons.

CNN’s sloppy reporting reignited a controversy seized on by conservative lawmakers who prey on the knee-jerk associations the public has with the word “Queer”

After winning an Oscar for Milk Sean Penn called shame on Prop. 8 supporters and Dustin Lance Black spoke candidly of his Mormon upbringing.

When the head of a TV station devoted to improving the image of Muslims in the U.S. murdered his wife last week, it served as a reminder that no community is immune to domestic violence and tragedy.

It’s back to the basics for Christian broadcasters, as hard times bring them back to their their most conservative demographic.

Juanita Bynum may be walking in her destiny but she should consider divorcing her delusion that domestic violence is something to commodify.

For several weeks a debate has been taking place between an author of a document seeking to “end the culture wars” and the editor of a collection of essays on the Religious Left. In this installment the editor responds to criticisms and details their divergent goals.

While it’s good that Obama won’t have this rotten apple in his administration it does nothing about the tree.

It’s easy to demonize Rick Warren for his Nazi modeling comments—and he has taken some abominable stances—but the culture of blind assent is the real culprit.