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Preach it, brother!

A South Carolina Republican senator accuses Nikki Haley, a Palin-approved candidate, of “hiding her religion.”

Teachers and administrators free to proselytize… unless they agree not to.

National Religious Campaign Against Torture renews calls for investigation.

Comedy Central proposes show about Jesus moving to New York to get out from under his father’s shadow.

Evangelical coalition threatens to withdraw support over gay and lesbian spousal sponsorships.

Both in the first wave of press in 2002 about abuse in the Catholic Church and now during this second wave, we’ve talked very little about girls, and even less about stalking and the other kinds of abuse that people in power, in particular religious authorities, enact on the unsuspecting and the young. While we have a lot of journalists covering the scandal and talking to victims, we have very little in the way of “personal narrative” of what this experience is like. I hope my novel, This Gorgeous Game, and its protagonist’s first-person voice will offer a new perspective on the conversation.

While not stated directly, three recent public announcements offer cues as to how America is recasting itself as a global player…

A Muslim scholar attempts to challenge the media narrative on Islam.

A Buddhist and two Muslims meet in a church… and remind us what’s missing from normal conversations about religion.