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Now we have a chance to see what the religious right is made of.

Revisiting the secularization hypothesis and Alan Wolfe’s Atlantic essay.

A response to Randall Balmer’s analysis of Romney’s JFK speech…

Only when both sides of the abortion debate express their views will we find common ground. Restrained discourse helps nobody.

A recent article in Time quoting conservative Christians decrying the split in the church makes it sound as if this isn’t the normal state of things.

Larry Summers can’t keep his eyes open for 30 frickin minutes while his President speaks of the need for the banks to play fair. Is there no more fitting symbol?

On Vanity Fair’s profile of the post-Roth and Bellow generation of Jewish novelists.

Pastor Joel Osteen won’t have a home team advantage this weekend in the Bronx, but chances are the crowd will be with him. What’s this generation bringing to the Osteen brand?

Why is the highest journalistic award handing out prizes for reporting on the sexual dalliances of powerful pols? And we wonder why papers are closing their doors?

If American Muslims do not oppose torture and participate in the conversation on American morality, they become a special interest group with little relevance. But within Islam there is a strong religious case to be made against torture.