Yesterday, the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief stating its conviction that Islam is indeed a religion, contra the…
DOJ: Islam is a religion
American politics
Same-Sex Marriage? Well, the data say. . .
Recent poll data shows increasing support for same-sex marriage in the U.S., especially among White Catholics and mainstream Protestants. When…
Holy ground zero?
More than nine years (and a few weeks) have now passed since the events of 9/11, and as Religion in…
“God in America”
October 11, 12, and 13, PBS' FRONTLINE and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE will present "God in America," a six-hour series investigating "the…
Against Judaist-Christianism
I do not have much to add to the debate surrounding the Islamic Cultural Center that will surely be built…
Jacoby: fixation on Obama’s religion is unprecedented and un-American
In her Washington Post opinion column, The Spirited Atheist, Susan Jacoby reflects upon the "billions of words" published in newspapers,…
“9/11 Christian Center” Pastor provokes ire on all sides
The Florida televangelist Bill Keller, who has spearheaded a plan to build a "Christian center" as a counterpoint to the…
Black crescent, white cross
By now, everyone has seen the Newsweek poll indicating that a majority of Republicans believes President Barack Obama sympathizes with…
A new Great Awakening
Glenn Beck's track record of keeping promises may not be pristine (in fact, Pulitzer Prize-winning politifact.com has often given his…
Religion, the state, and a changing court
In a New York Times opinion piece, Linda Greenhouse raises questions about how today's Supreme Court might take a different approach…