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Pundits think the Tea Party has pushed the GOP to the extremes, but it was already there.

Writer on exploitation of white underclass by corporate, political and religious interests dies of cancer.

The idea of martyrdom hasn’t been in very good shape lately. One common usage of it—“I’ll not be made a martyr!”—refers to the prospect of somewhat tragic but mostly useless suffering, perhaps in the service of a delusional cause, religious or otherwise…

It’s not outlandish to see theological meaning in the drive to slash government spending for human services if we accept some version (no matter how secularized) of the concept of original sin.

After years of anticipation, The Book of Mormon—the Broadway musical from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, and Robert Lopez, one of the people behind Avenue Q—is in previews; it opens March 24.

A recent study threatens to overturn conventional wisdom.

Radio host says the First Amendment doesn’t apply to Muslims.

When a young man invoked the Bible after murdering an older man for making sexual advances, a prominent gay activist wrote in agreement that the Bible does say to kill gays—implying that gays would be better off without religion.

Evangelical power broker did not invent the conspiracy theory that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the U.S. government.

The shari’ah scare double standard.