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An expert witness in the case against the affable Roy Moore recalls a meeting during which they tangled over the First Amendment.

If “we teach who we are,” Obama’s Cairo speech taught us that we are capable of appreciating difference and making peace.

While much of the media had no trouble detailing the religious commitment of the Muslim killer of an army recruiter, most profiles painted Scott Roeder as a right-wing, anti-government, anti-abortionist, with a prior arrest history and mental problems. His connection with extremist Christian groups, apparently, is irrelevant.

An American president addresses a Cairo audience with respect, and with appropriate language. What is truly remarkable is that Obama’s good manners seem remarkable to us.

From his initial greeting, peace be upon you, to the way Obama framed his address, there were resonances in the speech for both Islamic history and American history.

What sort of religious institution honors a “run-like-hell Catholic” and the first Asian-American woman Rabbi, among others?

Obama’s speech marks a radical departure from the prophetically-laden, right-wing rhetoric that cast America and Israel together waiting for Armageddon at the hands of Arab countries. In fact, what if the speech were intended to deconstruct the simplistic mistrust of American Christianity towards Islam?

Why is it that when conservative Christians talk about welcoming gays into the church they still can’t see their way to accepting lgbt folk as equal? When Elke Kennedy’s son Sean was killed on a…

Brown sophomore Kevin Roose, an Ivy-league heathen, infiltrated the nation’s holiest university and emerged a changed man—not committed to conservative Christianity, but to finding a new language for reconciliation.

A new form of bias against Muslims is taking shape, one that masks as “objective” and based on observation.