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Abortion is not a liberal, secular invention; there are examples in Jewish, Muslim, and even Christian theologies—and in Buddhist and Hindu traditions—of instances in which abortion is justified.

What does a sci-fi hit have to tell us about ancient Greek theater and today’s electronically-inflected cultural landscape?

An uptick in tourism could transform the ancient city of Babylon back into a major destination for tourists, which according to several conservative Christian evangelicals, could set the stage for the ‘last days’ of history.

Author Stephen Mansfield is getting hate mail. Why does the religious right think that this ex-pastor will roast in hell?

European Muslims from both East and West look to create a pan-European Islam to counter anti-Muslim prejudice and fears.

What I started out writing, churlishly and petulantly, is that I could only surmise that the market for books like this consists mainly of somewhat innocent readers; of people who whose only previous conception of Christ’s atoning work is of the standard, unreconstructed, washed-in-the-blood variety. For them, discovering what Jones is writing about would come as manna in the wilderness, and in that regard Jones has performed a mitzvah by publishing this book.

When Conservatives celebrate votes to oppose same-sex marriage, they’re overlooking the financial bonanza that same-sex marriage can bring to a state.

While Obama used his Nobel Peace Prize speech to legitimize Afghanistan using just war principles, soldiers are currently unable to invoke these principles in refusing to serve. When we punish soldiers who heed their moral compasses, we deny them religious freedom, and our democracy is threatened. It’s time to allow those who oppose the war on ethical grounds the option of ‘Selective Conscientious Objection.’

As a defensive Vatican attempts to reclassify the pedophiles it has never ceased protecting, the centrist former editor of America magazine makes a flawed Polanski analogy.

The not-so-new ecumenism of the religious right: stoking fears of secularism as the new Nazism.