Our founding editor, Jeff Sharlet, was on NPR this week talking about religious freedom, what it means to assign...

Amy Levin: I’m not sure God would be too happy with Santorum lately - I mean, it’s one thing...

Nora Connor: According to Salon’s Wajahat Ali, the conversion of Oliver Stone’s son Sean to Islam last week prompted...

Where is Jesus' foreskin?  Listen to David Farley discuss An Irreverent Curiosity: In Search of the Church's Strangest Relic in...

Amy Levin: What’s the one holiday that Lurianic Kabbalists and quasi-pagan eco-Jews alike love celebrating? It’s Tu B'Shevat,...

Amy Levin:  What’s wrong with charity? Well, nothing, if you’re Mitt Romney and your definition of charity is giving...

The latest issue of Cultural Anthropology features an article by Revealer writer Yasmin Moll (read the entire issue here)...

"David Ellefson was an honest-to-God founding member of the legendary thrash metal band Megadeth."  Now he's in a...

Countries of Particular Concern:  In case you've forgotten that American democracy is the best chance for religious freedom around the...

The popularity of a new video by Jefferson Bethke called "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" has a...

Ashley Baxstrom: Ladies, let's celebrate! Check out this breaking blog post from Think Progress: Obama administration approves rule that...

Things we love about the new Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life poll on "Mormons in America?"...

Thanks to our friendly fellow blogger The Sensuous Curmudgeon for drawing our attention this story: a story about the...

Worth the Wait: It may have taken 1,500 years but the Talmud finally has an index. Early Adopters: I've...

Who's the Enemy?  The Catholic Church.  Chicago Cardinal Francis George is unhappy that the gay pride parade will pass...

Church and the Russian University. Fundamentalism as a result of secularization, not an expression of tradition. "Shifting Politics in...

Where it's due:  A giant cheer to our fellow traveler Meera Subramanian (Killing the Buddha) for having her

Ashley Baxstrom:  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Christmas tree lots sprouting up like weeds, Christmas lights...

My mail item of the week award goes to New Oxford Review, based in Berkeley California, for their...

Media in the West love the narrative that godless, Communist Russia eventually fell to the relentless, holy hand of...

Minority Rights are a "Special Privilege;" Next to Newt's Godliness; Tebowing the Spotlight; Catholic Attitude; Because Your Military Rulers...