Derrick Z. Jackson of The Boston Globe praises John Kerry for the much-repeated sound bite from his acceptance speech last night: “‘I...

A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis found a correspondence between national prosperity and religion —...

National Review readers loved Barack Obama’s DNC speech because, they claim, it was conservative — as evidence, they offer among...

By Jay Rosen My fellow academics in journalism and media studies all know his name; too many journalists (and bloggers...

Amy Wellborn, creator of a smart, popular Catholic blog called Open Book, wants to go to the movies. So she...

Two very conservative leaders are sounding the alarm about additions to the Patriot Act being rushed through Congress on the sly....

Revealer publisher Jay Rosen at the DNC: “On Tuesday morning I encountered one of the most effective acts of political protest I...

Igor Rotar, correspondent for Norway’s Forum 18 News Service investigates a draft law in Kazakhstan on “combating extremist activity” that doesn’t...

“First and foremost, I am writing you personally to offer you My deepest sympathy and condolences on your loss....

John Hall reports for the Media General News Service on an all-day conference sponsored by the Wesley Theological Seminary as part of...

“New careers on both sides will grow out of this,” says Michael Cromartie, director of the Evangelical Studies Project...

By Jay Rosen My fellow academics in journalism and media studies all know his name; too many journalists (and bloggers...

News of the Weird (press releases): on Sept 12, 2004, in Washington, D.C., the National Council of Churches will...

“‘Churches have a responsibility to avoid partisan entrapment, just as political parties have a duty not to attempt to...

B’nai B’rith International issued a statement this week calling on the Jewish community to end all dialogue with the...

You can’t expect to find nuanced discussion of the role of religion in the lefty Nation, but occasionally you will...

“As my father describes it, encountering his daughter en route to self-asphyxiation was enough to startle him to his...

Barry Goldwater biographer Rick Perlstein attends a Bush campaign party to meet those who see W. as a great man; nay,...

The NYT manages to publish an even less-perceptive report on the Georgia Senate race than The Washington Post. “G.O.P. is Poised to Tighten...

The Washington Post claims — with little evidence — that abortion is emerging as a potential deciding factor in elections across...

We briefly interrupt our display of Amy Sullivan‘s “Religious Men” to draw attention to one of the better pieces of campaign —...

AP reports that the Bush administration has blocked $34 million in congressionally-approved funds for the U.N. Population Fund because of what...

Imagine a world of government-funded “faith-based” Christian academies. Now imagine a world in which said academies, built on the...

Jay Rosen: “If a religion writer covered the presidential campaign, how would campaign coverage be different? The least interesting...