The Creation Museum in Kentucky has been stirring up controversy with its plan to create a 500'-long and 80'-high "replica"…
Amanda Kaplan
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World Youth Day reassessed
Two writers at the The Guardian enter into the conversation about this year's World Youth Day and the public reaction…
Erdogan’s redirecting of religious winds
Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, speaks to the drastically changing religious climate in…
A fairy tale cathedral
The Assumption of the Virgin does not just mark Mary's ascent to heaven but an annual pilgrimage to one of…
Religiosity, censorship, and art
Catholic Culture reports that Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has "called for prayers of reparation for a blasphemous art exhibit."…
An interdisciplinary exploration of death
This September 24th, historian, writer, and artist Dr. Paul Koudounaris will open the doors to his first exhibit and book signing…
What would Jesus do?
Religion blog, Debate Faith comments on the U.S. Air Force training program recently suspended for employing biblical language and religious…
On religious freedom: from colanders to questions
Ever since proclaimed Pastafarian Nico Alms obtained his official Austrian driver's license stamped with a photo of him wearing a…
The WTC cross: a religious synecdoche?
Atlantic columnist Wendy Kaminer discusses American Atheists' suit to prevent the "World Trade Center cross," an original cross-beam from one…
Memorizing the Qur’an at age 10
From noted war correspondent-turned filmmaker Greg Barker, a new documentary, Koran by Heart, which premiers August 1.