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Senator Obama has contributed to a conception of responsible African American fatherhood as the shocking exception as opposed to the standard norm.

Although convicted felon Henry J. Lyons lost the election for president of the largest religious body of African Americans in the nation, what does it say about NBC that he was even eligible to run where women are not?

Does Rep. Wilson’s outburst before the president signal something deeper about the state of our national rituals?

In what is likely a first, an Episcopal church in Cambridge that serves a primarily African-American community has blessed the union of two women—one of whom is the mayor of the city. Our correspondent was one of the officiants.

Obama’s proposal is too timid: How about asking religious groups to really step up?

Americans wrestle with the biblical text, but there is no one correct way to read scripture.

The religious right will back county clerks that refuse to perform wedding ceremonies after June 17…

The conservatives who were frightened by Obama’s speech to schoolchildren weren’t afraid he’d say something radical—quite the contrary—they were afraid that the president would sound moderate and human. The real question, why did they buy the fear? is impossible to answer without considering religion.

We have become used to the protections intended for real people being extended instead to corporations. How this happened, and what it means for the possibility of health care reform.

Is Universal Coverage the only moral touchstone in health care reform? Religious progressives need to think again.