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The latest generation of religion scholars has studied Lévi-Strauss only to distance itself from his theories, and to challenge the myth of structuralism. Perhaps in doing so we have created a fable of our own.

In a time when “food insecurity” is used as a euphemism for hunger, religious leaders cannot be silent—or turn a deaf ear.

Which raises the thorny question: what will the church do about that pesky “fidelity and chastity” clause?

With the 5 Gitmo detainees believed to be behind the 9/11 attacks being tried in Manhattan, conservatives push for the label of “war” over “crime.” Just War tradition doesn’t agree.

With his signature combination of controversy-avoidance and biblical cherry-picking Joel Osteen promotes the good life.

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

With the Obama administration’s renewed support for immigration reform, and new support from conservative Christian leaders, immigrants’ rights activists are looking toward real progress—and their vision is supported by recent scholarship in the intersection of religion and immigration.

Controversial Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan, banned from travel to the United States, spoke in Montreal last week at the annual convention of the American Academy of Religion. In a question-and-answer session he answered accusations of “doublespeak.”

With reconciliation off the table, can abortion be a way conservative Dems block the bill?

Controversial Ugandan pastor doesn’t understand why ties were severed.