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Mark D. Jordan’s recent RD op-ed garnered a response from Peter Steinfels, whose final New York Times column was referenced in the article. Here are both Steinfels’ letter, and Jordan’s response.

The loss of a brilliant religion scholar.

Some history on the historian.

I have limited expectations of reality TV and so maybe my bar was too low, but I actually enjoyed All-American Muslim. That is until about fifteen minutes into the show when I looked at my Facebook and Twitter feeds.

Time to bid the historical Adam & Eve a final farewell.

Open DoorsUSA doesn’t want to talk about Islamophobia.

People love to stay immune from the connections between the sacred and the profane, holy space and “regular” space, tented space and the well-appointed space of a mansion. They try to tell us that politics and religion never meet. Or that money is “dirty” and therefore can get away with its meanness. Deliverance from these false dichotomies is our greatest need as a country. Money is holy and just and good when used for holy and just and good purposes. It is not “dirty” and therefore the property of those naughty boys of Wall Street.

An antidote to Maggie Gallagher’s advice on dealing with relatives.

Stupak redux, without Stupak.