Reuters reports that Egypt's Coptic Christians are receiving an unprecedented amount of foreign support; subsequently they fear "a backlash from...

By George González Placards at this weekend's forced evacuation of “Occupy Boston,” as elsewhere in the country, defiantly read, “You...

Amy Levin:  They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. Well, that’s debatable. Due to a recent Israeli government-sponsored...

By Alex Thurston The secession of South Sudan in July 2011 posed an existential question for (North) Sudan: what will...

Amy Levin:  Those who find religion scholars to be an insular grouping of armchair academics out of touch with...

Getting the Past Out Loud: Memory Projects with Wu Wenguang Saturday, December 3, 4, 2011

By Andy Kopsa  Standing before a crowd of reporters at the Friar’s Club in New York, Sharon Bialek told her story. ...

Nora Connor:  For a time after 9/11, the FBI seemed to stand out among the many government agencies with...

Angela Zito:  The Bible as a book, printed, physically available for Christian devotion, remains a powerful and contested artifact...

Gordon Haber reviews two recent books about Scientology at Religion Dispatches, Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology and Hugh Urban's The...

Journalist or academic with a serious interest in prayer?  SSRC has your bag.  Click here to apply for...

Ashley Baxstrom: If you’re in New York (and if...

Ashley Baxstrom: Step aside, Kardashian family. “Jersey Shore”? So last season. If you totally want to be...

Ashley Baxstrom: Maybe Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman haven’t yet convinced you that Mormons are cool? Perhaps...

Remember Chick Tracts?  Here's a classic, dug out from the files by The Sensuous Curmudgeon.

Amy Levin: Time for an update on #religion at #occupywallstreet? This week, Sarah Posner mediated a roundtable discussion with Religion...

Rick Santorum to Family Research Council president Tony Perkins on the radio yesterday, about how single mothers are...

Mary Valle: The 99, a comic series created by Naif Al-Mutawa, has gained popularity in the rest of...

Amy Levin: “[In] the new form of war that’s evolved since the end of the cold war where it...

Amy Levin: The days when the telephone created a sense of awe-inspiring enchantment are long gone. And our excitement...