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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.

A letter to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg from a scholar of religious extremism.

A commenter from a recent review of Karen Armstrong’s new book writes that a central claim of hers is “utterly false.” Our blogger examines that claim.

In the wake of the Catholic Bishops’ lobbying hard for the Stupak Amendment a pastor weighs in on tax exemptions for Churches.

Faith outreach a craven quest for more votes.

Author Bruce Feiler is back from “walking the Bible” and is roaming the country, tracing Moses’ footsteps. But in his eagerness to make the prophet into a unifying symbol, he misses the true complexity of the relationship between religion and the secular in America.

Former beauty contestant claims she’s being attacked. But it might be simply that — possibly for the first time in her life —someone stopped looking at her body long enough to listen to her words, and found her to be ugly.

A four-hour documentary on what it means to be Latino/a in America misses the mark completely.

Religious organizations want to be trusted with federal funds. Shouldn’t women be trusted too?

RD associate editor Hussein Rashid scrutinizes a cross-section of reactions to the Ft. Hood massacre, from those eager to blame Islam to a number of Muslim-Americans.