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Religious pushback against the Second Amendment zealots.

Like superheroes, the Captain America redemptive hero does all the work, requiring no sacrifice from us. The prophetic model, like Martin Luther King Jr., asks us to see collective meaning in suffering.

Builders of Noah’s Ark theme park defend educator for teaching creationism.

Tea Party Republican Senator places hold on already controversial nomination.

The film admired by Jared Loughner defies categorization but ultimately offers a dark vision.

The week in religion.

“Reform” in the interest of cost cutting does what 30 years of activism has not yet been able to do.

Recently, on The Huffington Post, Rev. Chellew-Hodge suggested that gays and lesbians should never argue Scripture—in particular, the half dozen “clobber verses” that some people interpret against gays. Why? Because nobody wins, everyone’s opinion hardens, and we talk past each other, because gays and lesbians are usually not biblical literalists, while our opponents usually are. Chellew-Hodge’s suggestion sounds wise, but I want to respectfully disagree with it.