Outside the Law: Cheryl Perich and the First Amendment
There’s nothing quite like a First Amendment dispute to illuminate the subtleties of interpreting separation of church and state.
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The Dream of Full Unity: The Catholic Church Invites Anglicans to Come On Over
by Elissa Lerner
After so much fanfare surrounding the surprise election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan to the presidency of...
Happy Birthday, KJV!
Elissa Lerner: The King James Bible is celebrating its 400th birthday this year, and judging from the British press,...
Imagination Standing in for Belief
by Elissa Lerner
If you walk into the Gottesman Exhibition Hall at the New York Public Library right now, you...
What's in a name?
Elissa Lerner: Of all the exciting things the Pope could be talking about this week (the vote in...
Scripture from Narnia
Elissa Lerner writes at The New Yorker Book Bench blog:
When was the last time you read the Bible? According...
Passing 9/11 Health Bill Would Mean Disrespecting Christmas
Elissa Lerner: Last Thursday, after Senate republicans filibustered their way out of passing the Zadroga Bill, also known...
Of Football, God, & Twitter
Elissa Lerner: Unless you're a Buffalo Bills fan, you might have missed an epic dropped pass by Bills...
Holiday Advertising, From People Who Don't Want Holiday Advertising
Elissa Lerner: If holiday cheer is starting too soon for you this season, join the club. The Humanist/Atheist/Secular/Nontheistic club,...
It's Not Even About A Mosque This Time
Elissa Lerner: Have you been losing sleep over the crippling anxiety that Islamic law might one day trump Constitutional...
True Religion: Not Just Jeans
Elissa Lerner: A new study by business and management professors at Duke, NYU and Tel Aviv University analyzes...
O Come All Ye Gleeful
Elissa Lerner: Whoa gang, who saw last night's episode of Glee? Although it wasn't exactly groundbreaking, it certainly...
King Solomon Would Not Be Pleased
Elissa Lerner: If you're sick of the Park51 situation, check out the latest from Ayodhya, a holy site...
Breaking News: Americans Don't Know Much About Religion
Elissa Lerner: If you're reading this you a) are likely aware of Laurie Goodstein's hot-button column yesterday...
Abraham's Daughters at FringeNYC
Abraham’s Daughters, a new play by The Revealer's Elissa Lerner, will have its world premiere at the New York...
Toon On
Elissa Lerner: Everyone's favorite irreverent TV cartoonists are busy antagonizing the religious world, again. Last week, Trey Parker and...
Reading is not-believing
Elissa Lerner: There seems to be a bit of a buzz surrounding the phenomenon of unbelieving ministers. Unsurprisingly, the...
You Are What You Inhale?
Elissa Lerner: Plenty of confusing news about dietary laws lately. First, there was the whole lox fiasco, claiming that the...
An American Imam in Yemen
Elissa Lerner: Since when do we authorize killing American citizens? The Obama Administration has approved a targeted killing, of radical...
What We're Missing
Elissa Lerner: The BBC offered a cursory introduction to the Yazidis and the Mandaeans, two ancient minority religions that sprung from the...
Sex Scandals: Not Just for Catholics
Elissa Lerner: While the Catholic Church is still up to its eyeballs in its latest sex abuse scandals (most recently, an...
Art Imitating Life
Elissa Lerner: Even Dan Brown missed these clues. A recent study conducted by a Cornell professor and his Presbyterian minister brother of...
Rough Week for the RCC
Elissa Lerner: It’s been a rough week for the Catholic Church. Here’s a quick roundup: on March 4, the...
When Plans Backfire
Elissa Lerner: In case you’ve missed it, Uganda has been proposing anti-gay legislation (“inspired” by American evangelicals, according to...