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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.

Having been $900,000 shy of their church budget Rick Warren asked his flock for donations. It worked.

Compassion is not just a sloppy emotional bonhomie; it requires a serious intellectual effort to learn about one another, even if it’s unflattering to ourselves. RD contributor and religion scholar Laurie Patton interviews Karen Armstrong upon the launch of her global call to action, the Charter for Compassion.

Predictably, some conservative Christians have attacked Avatar for depicting pantheistic Na’vi as noble. Is it actually the film’s critique of greed and environmental neglect that offends?

The religious right claims that Obama misled Americans about his piety. But being in church doesn’t make you any more a Christian than being in a garage makes you a car.

In which we take the long view, considering the place of religion in the twenty-first century so far. What stands out is our confusion—about religion, about the secular sphere, and about the future of both as embodying forms of political commitment capable of peaceable coexistence.