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Roger Haight, a Jesuit priest and scholar, is teaching his last semester at Union Theological seminary this spring. In this interview, one of his students tells the story of Haight’s censure by the church, and explains why it matters.

What could possibly be wrong with finding “common ground” on abortion, as a recent Cleveland Plain Dealer op-ed suggested? A closer look at the “commongroundniks” leaves a lot to be desired for those who don’t compromise on respect and support for women.

Lutheran religious leader challenges the President to make good on his campaign pledges to fight for the eradication of extreme poverty.

Drawn from the Bible, Kings takes a risk that pays off. Plus, we get Ian McShane.

Television fails once again to do justice to the complexity of biblical narrative.

When we take the approach that “all are sinners,” we confuse big-time criminality with small-time folly. This moral obfuscation allows the far greater misfeasance of corporate creditors to get airbrushed out of the picture.

While the mainstream press has been eager to proclaim the demise of the Episcopal Church, a brief tour of church history reveals that 100,000 Conservative Anglicans defecting from the 80 million-member Communion is nothing more than a case of the spiritual sniffles.

The Quiverfull movement sees children as an army of missionaries meant to reshape the United States along biblical lines.

Conservative clergy and pundits have worked overtime to create the impression that there’s only one “Christian” position on the issues. A new survey proves otherwise.

Opening the door to “junk science,” members of the Texas Board of Education inserted the coded language of creationism. With the second largest textbook budget in the nation, publishers are paying close attention.