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When one religious voice seems to dominate public discussion we need to ask why. Is it because it is the only voice speaking? Or is the media ignoring other voices?

McCain and Obama each had one problematic pastor. Palin has four…

Feminism is not simply about getting women into positions of power, it is a commitment to change the world—and female anatomy does not a feminist make…

This presidential election has a symbolic sub-plot in which ancient archetypes vie for the American voter’s soul…

Our election columnist stands at the fulcrum of hope and dismay as he contrasts the candidates’ rhetoric…

How is it that a holiday and fasting month that inspires Muslims to do good things provokes a volatile reaction in a country that prides itself on religious freedom?

In which our columnist on faith and worker justice takes a family vacation — just a few weeks before Labor Day — and takes the occasion to reflect on workplace conditions across the American labor landscape…

Like Bush in 2000 Sarah Palin is delivering a clear message to conservative evangelicals, who get her call for women to view their highest calling in service to male leadership: willing helpmeets to their husbands’, fathers’ and pastors’ authority…

Nancy Pelosi was denounced by Roman Catholic bishops and cardinals for deviating from their line on “pelvic issues,” a common criticism from the Church hierarchy. Bishops and cardinals may be pastors, administrators, and lobbyists, but they’re no theologians…

McCain’s choice of Palin and her veiled suggestion that Obama’s faith-based work might not represent a correct interpretation of either politics or theology are symbolic messages aimed at a specific religious constituency…