Jenna Krajeski reports from Iraqi Kurdistan, where young Kurds are crossing the border to fight in Syria.

Competing claims about religion and the future of the planet on board Noah's Ark by Brook Wilensky-Lanford.

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine.

Drew Thomases on censorship, nationalism, and memory in Indian publishing and electoral politics.

David Morgan gives us a picture of what's really going on with literalist objections to the new movie "Noah."

Jared Malsin on the religious and political stakes of upheaval at Egypt's Al-Azhar University.

By Irina Papkova. During protests in Ukraine, a show of solidarity belied the divided nature of the country’s...

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine.

Eden Consenstein uncovers the radical normalcy of TLC's reality show "Sister Wives."

In Herat, Saba Imtiaz explores memory and memorialization, where glass blowers once whispered the names of the fallen into...

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine.

Jared Malsin reports from Cairo on the political choices facing Coptic Christians in today's Egypt.

Kathryn Joyce reveals what's really going on with the adoption reform bill currently being debated in Ohio.

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of religion and medicine.

Becky Garrison explores what's really going on with the growth of atheist churches.

Photographer Ryan Roco investigates the role of religion in the lives of the Kachin people in northern Burma after...

Don Jolly reports on New Yorkers attempting to revive and study the occult.

A round-up of religion and media stories from around the web.

“The Patient Body” is a monthly column by Ann Neumann about issues at the intersection of...

From Pakistan, Umar Farooq looks at the diminishing political role of Sufi saints and shrines in a rapidly urbanizing...

In the aftermath of contested elections, Nayma Qayum looks at the origins of continuing tensions in Bangladesh and a...

Elizabeth Hewitt writes about a new halal sex shop in Turkey.