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Is it time for progressives, religious and nonreligious, to move toward a strategic acceptance of religious language in the public square? Or should efforts be focused on adding bricks to the wall of church/state separation?

Can government use religious language while remaining neutral in matters of religion? This question, and others, were addressed at a lively panel discussion at Netroots last month. Bruce Ledewitz reports on the event, and sets the stage for further conversation.

We want our heroes, blameless, pure…even sexless. But even Jesus was human.

And for that matter, why is an influential blogger writing straight from dubious press releases?

In this chronicle of mutations within the Pentecostal movement, we learn to distinguish among the Prosperity Gospel, Word of Faith, and New Apostolic Movements—and we learn why it matters.

Does God really care who wins Big Brother?

Senator Obama has contributed to a conception of responsible African American fatherhood as the shocking exception as opposed to the standard norm.

Although convicted felon Henry J. Lyons lost the election for president of the largest religious body of African Americans in the nation, what does it say about NBC that he was even eligible to run where women are not?

Does Rep. Wilson’s outburst before the president signal something deeper about the state of our national rituals?

In what is likely a first, an Episcopal church in Cambridge that serves a primarily African-American community has blessed the union of two women—one of whom is the mayor of the city. Our correspondent was one of the officiants.