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Board members’ claims of pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias don’t hold water.

John Hick, a celebrated theologian and philosopher who died earlier this year, was drawn to issues that transcend any particular tradition—the question of evil, the meaning of suffering, life after death, and religious diversity.

President Obama has nominated the Rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook to be Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom. But her resumé, with no discernible international policy experience, her close ties to the former Clinton administration, and several ill-defined business ventures, suggest that President Obama cares little about supporting religious freedom around the world.

Rauf writes in his 2004 book that in his post 9-11 experience, “portraying Islam and Muslims as moderate is a low priority.” He could not have known how prescient this observation would turn out to be…

McCain, once a regular religious guy who prayed, plodded, and received comfort like anyone else, has bent his faith into a pretzel to appeal to “values voters.”

What happens when God’s “anointed” one claims victimhood.

While the media has greatly exaggerated the death of the Episcopal church, they also fail to report on the rise of Anglicans, Catholic and other…

Fear is back, and bigger than ever.

We are in the midst of one of the most significant right-wing populist rebellions in US history as illustrated by the Tea Party and Patriot movements. Will religious and progressive activists provide a voice and outlet for populist fear and anger or will these dispossessed voices find a home among the potentially violent elements of the far right?

My visit to the First Coast Tea Party.