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Already distrustful of outside experts, be they members of the education system or leaders of traditional denominations, Quiverfull followers are increasingly eschewing the medical establishment, opting to leave childbirth to God. The recent death of a newborn, however, exposes a growing rift between the most zealous opponents of intervention and those open to some assistance.

As I write this piece, 119 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, choosing to end their lives to further the cause of the Tibetan people. Tupten Ngödrup, a former monk and the first Tibetan to immolate, took his own life in India in 1998. The next such act would not take place until 2009…

The Obama administration has gone from indifference to actively promoting religious opposition to the civil rights of gay Americans, comparing same-sex marriage to incest and pedophilia. Only when “pink dollars” were pulled did the president approach the LGBT community. A former priest suggests how to make Obama listen.

Though Zionism sought to establish a state of normalcy, Israel has become an institutionalized mechanism for perpetuating a sense of abnormality.

The tragicomic Napoleonic Era reveals eerie similarities to the Bush Doctrine…

The Religious Right’s wildly popular video attack on Oprah’s “dangerous” teachings may not be as far off base as it first appears.

Rev. Wright has been likened to his biblical namesake, but there’s a crucial difference between Wright’s rhetoric and that of the prophet Jeremiah…

A noted scholar of Islamic law explains the apostasy fallacy…

PBS’ The Jewish Americans covers three hundred fifty years of Jewish-American history with only a few glaring omissions.

The words of our top general in Iraq—words I’ve described as myths—are those that the president says will determine his war policy.