Amy Levin: Jewish parents today have their pick of ethically themed children’s books with just-enough-but-not-too-much religion. But there’s something...

I'm three weeks down, one to go.  Serving justice in Brooklyn has kept me quiet, but here's what I'm...

…most residents of Trivandrum had not been clamoring for the temple’s vaults to be searched. This had initially puzzeled...

In a statement on their website and a follow-up video released on April 5th, IC elaborates on the background...

Amy Levin: Given that today and tomorrow mark two extremely important national holidays in Israel beginning with

Ashley Baxstrom: You’ve probably heard at this point about the Vatican’s statement concerning what it considers to be the...

From Holland Cotter's article on his visit to the sunken churches of Lalibela: A priest, in white, stood at...

Anthea Butler at Religion Dispatches David Badash at The New Civil Rights Movement Jeff Sharlet on Twitter Michael...

Rachel Barenblat at Velveteen Rabbi summarizes last Saturday’s Bloggercon session on religion and blogging.

THE COLLOQUIUM FOR UNPOPULAR CULTURE presents: CHUNG KUO - CHINA (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1972), 208 min. Introduced by Angela Zito WHEN: Tuesday...

The bishops have taken nearly four years to plan their renovation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.  The...

Nora Connor: In 2008 the Chinese government recognized the annual Qingming festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, as a national...

Becky Garrison: The Miss Universe Organization’s decision to change their rules so that transgender women can compete appears to...

The Catholic Church understands far better than patients’ rights advocates do how religion, gender and sexuality work in society....

Intelligent design, Günter Grass, Kathryn Joyce on Santorum's family, Kony, Andrew Sullivan's call to follow Jesus, me and feeding...

by Alex Thurston This post is the first of a series on Muslim schooling in Northern Nigeria. Steady acts of violence...

Becky Garrison:  Even though the Family Research Council was designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty...

Nora Connor: In Poland, the Bhagavad Gita is now available in translation directly from Sanskrit to Polish, thanks...

Some of the best religion and media reads from around the webs this week.

Schiavo, Beinart, Stem Cells, NOM, and CSW!

Ashley Baxstrom:  Where would we be without the Huffington Post? NOT in the know about the most and...

Amy Levin:  While the image of Oprah endorsing transcendental meditation is about as banal as a priest offering the...

Maybe use of fear and violence isn’t the best way to teach about fear and violence. Ashley Baxstrom:  This headline...

Amy Levin: The New York Times committed a liberal faux pas last month. As if they'd forgotten just how...