Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford, argues that Ayatollah Khamenei massively miscalculated the extent of his power with regard…

Journalist David Gibson discusses Obama's recovery of "the lost gospel of America's civil religion."

As several Christian magazines succumb to the ongoing collapse of print media, Newsweek's Lisa Miller wonders if the days of a distinctly…

In The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg makes the case that a Sunni-Jewish alliance against the rising Shiite power in Iran could help solve…

Michael Schwirtz reports on Russia's knotty policies toward Islam, as mirrored in the trial of 11 members of Hizbut Tahrir, a…

Stephen Mansfield believes that President Obama's diverse spiritual journey puts him in step with the rest of the country.

On the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, Xiao Qiang argues that people must talk openly about that day's events if China…

At his Articles of Faith blog, Michael Paulson rounds up initial reactions to that fact that Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's…

When Nevada high school valedictorian Brittany McComb began talking about the virtues of her Christian faith during her graduation speech,…

In The American Prospect, Michelle Goldberg sheds light on the globalizing nature of both the pro- and anti-gay rights movements…