Naturalized as an integral part of practice, the mass produced yoga mat is an illustrative example of niche commoditization...

The Russian Orthodox Church is a privileged institution very much at the forefront of Russian life, with a well-developed...

By Ann Neumann Is a revisionist history of abortion rights being used--by journalists, supporters, and lawyers--to curtail Supreme Court...

Amish books and Amish baseball. Amish are clearly having a moment... again.

Rowan Moore Gerety Few countries offer more fertile ground for a gospel of health and wealth than Mozambique, a...

Don Jolly on the History Channel's sendup of the bible, "The Bible."

By Nathan Schradle What's going on in the world today that's evoked God's wrath? Lots of things, it turns...

By Saba Imtiaz A violent mob ransacked and burned the homes of more than a hundred Christian families in...

Michelle Aldredge of Gwarlingo interviews author and former nun Mary Johnson about her new book, An Unquenchable Thirst.

By Saba Imtiaz In 1984, Pakistan's military ruler, General Zia-ul-Haq, changed the country's Constitution, making it a crime for...

Laurel Snyder's children's book "The Longest Night" is a retelling of the story of Exodus from the perspective...

By Chris Smith "“If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away."

2013 marks not just 40 years of Roe v. Wade but 40 years of The Exorcist, the classic horror...

Nathan Schradle Religious leaders are learning that they will be held accountable, to such an extent that they attempt...

Nathan Schradle on the miserly, the groping, the fanatical, the pious and the vacuum.

By Natasja Sheriff The latest news on religious freedom, at home and abroad, provides the focus of this week's...

In the second of two posts, Irina Papkova, explores Bashar al-Assads assertion that Syria is the "last stronghold of...

Nathan Schradle They might be downers but they're good downers.

By Maurice Chammah "Port Said, once the pariah, is now the vanguard. As the protests turn to street battles,...

Nathan Schradle Well, we are now TEN YEARS OLD.

Protests in Ethiopia could have profound ramifications for Muslim-state relations in Ethiopia and beyond, writes Alex Thurston in the...

By Ann Neumann There are two places in the U.S. where you can be fed against your will: a...

Secularism has been a central part of dominant Syrian ideology since at least the 1960s, writes Irina Papkova, but...