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The debate has focused on the new Muslim community center’s location in lower Manhattan, but the opposition (who refer to it as the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’) is driven by a deeper, reflexive antagonism. They stand against what proponents of the center are setting out to create: a space for American Islam.

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders’ widely condemned Islamophobic video is a travesty—but overreaction just distracts us from our common concerns.

The Orthodox Jews of Lakewood, New Jersey, are worried about supporting the rights of gays and lesbians to marry because it might reflect badly on the community. Rabbi Justus N. Baird offers a corrective.

Cult of personality or empire?

A conversation with God and the Founders author Vincent Phillip Muñoz.

The fixers and string pullers party while jobless numbers mount.

Pint-sized patriot is a true hero. Read it and weep.

Legendary American religious painter produced a burly version of DeMille epic and other classics.

Why it’s hard to tell the truth about Mormonism and polygamy—even for Mitt Romney.

It’s been widely observed that religious foes of LGBT equality frequently make arguments of convenience. These arguments are usually guised in the language of rhetorics other than that of religion.