The Next Taliban?

July 18, 2006
The good news, we guess, is that the old “domino theory” of the Cold War is really dead. The...

Supporters of Hizbollah

July 15, 2006
Twice now, on CNN and, we think, NBC, we’ve heard all critics of Israel’s actions in Lebanon lumped together...

The Jewish Friend

July 15, 2006
Elizabeth Rich: "Today's program reads, as it does every Sunday, 'We are a growing family, focused on loving God,...

Fundamentalism's Power Principle

July 12, 2006
Writing in The Boston Globe, the eminent historian of religion Harvey Cox sees the "new" evangelical powers such as...

No Go Godot

July 12, 2006
A lefty is fed up with waiting for the religious left: “The fervent hope for the creation of a...

The Long Leash of the Lord

July 11, 2006
Noel Black: When Rob Brendle, Associate Pastor at New Life Church, agreed to write a column for my...

I Heart Decadence

July 10, 2006
Christianity Today's Philip Yancey considers "The Lure of Theocracy." He's against it -- we think.

Belief and Disbelief

July 7, 2006
Salon writer Steve Paulson talks belief with disbeliever Sam Harris, author of the bestselling book The End of Faith....

Innocent

July 7, 2006
“Hamza Walker Lindh has come to embody the challenge of Islam to America, and the challenge is simply this:...

Updike Misses Jihad

July 5, 2006
“If only the novelist had spent more time dreaming himself into the paranoid and angry world of Qutb and...

A Different Set of Questions

June 28, 2006
Diane Winston: Is the press ready to cover the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in America?

Who's Kooky, Now?

June 27, 2006
Slate‘s Martin Edlund trots out what will likely soon be the reigning narrative for mainstream coverage of the “religious...

The Real Religious Left

June 26, 2006
The "new religious left" story has become a staple of newspapers, but much more revealing, we think, is this...

Loss for Words

June 21, 2006
Linda Wertheimer’s NPR interview this morning with retiring Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson is surprisingly tough, openly skeptical of Gerson’s...

In The Name Of...

June 20, 2006
Nicole Greenfield: At the annual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church taking place this week, delegates voted to...

Valedictorian Altar Call

June 20, 2006
Valedictorian Brittany McComb tried her luck at freedom of (graduation) speech outburst last week when she deviated from the...

Bush Loses His Voice

June 16, 2006
Nicole Greenfield: The news that longtime White House speechwriter and policy adviser Michael Gerson was leaving Bush behind didn

Progressive Faith Blog Con

June 16, 2006
Announcing the first annual Progressive Faith Blog Con, a gathering by and for religious and/or progressive bloggers. The conference...

Jew-Ish

June 14, 2006
New Yorkers: Tonight, Revealer editor Jeff Sharlet and Revealer contributor Laurel Snyder join novelist Katharine Weber at the “Novel...

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