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…as do Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens. Upon viewing Bill Maher’s Religulous the author asks: Why are the so-called New Atheists using the archaic and theologically conservative definition of religion pushed by home-schoolers?

Jackie Mason shticks and all, a new comedy concert documentary, Allah Made Me Funny, reminds us that it’s not all doom and gloom.

If science and religion had learned to work together, would we be in the same position—fighting two wars while dealing with increasing water shortages, rising energy costs and a tanking economy? Probably not.

For the congregation of a Baptist church in Brooklyn Obama’s candidacy inspires hope, but there is so much work to be done—a progressive urban agenda is at stake. Will the candidate remember this when he comes into his kingdom?

Religious Right hammers Obama on abortion; 3 states, 3 anti-abortion initiatives; An Obama Supreme Court through the eyes of a conservative activist; Early marketing of the War on Christmas.

Whether prom signals triumph or terror, it’s a powerful rite of passage, endowed with an unmistakable aura of the sacred—if you know where to look.

The impulse to minister to the homosexual community of L.A. led to a new kind of Christian church—the MCC—committed to inclusivity and undoing the old divisions incised across Christian history.

Listening to Palin and Biden, one is reminded that American support for Israel borders on obsessive. The biblical story of the golden calf reminds us that obsession does not usually produce good gods—or good policy.

Connecticut legalizes gay marriage; Religious voters favor Obama; Blame the Jews for Wall Street; Gay marriage ‘worse than radical Islam,’; McCain to Gays: Thanks, but no thanks.

McCain’s campaign theme of intolerance is being met by Obama’s support for the values of tolerance and empathy. For the first time since the Civil Rights Movement there’s a clear battle of morality-based worldviews.