In the Huffington Post, Princeton Professsor Paul Raushenbush argues that he can't think of one religious reason to be against…
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Christianity
The (religious) textbook wars
At The Faith Divide, Eboo Patel weighs in on the ongoing "culture war" over the religious content of textbooks in…
St. Francis, the sultan, and the promise of peace
On February 17th, with half the foreheads in the packed room marked by Ash Wednesday smears, Fordham University's Center on…
Haiti’s pact with the devil? (Some Haitians believe this too)
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and other parts of Haiti. The day after this catastrophe,…
Beyond believing but not belonging
Religious identification is on the wane in the United States, as in most other nations in the developed world. Yet,…
Christianity, NASCAR and the Daytona 500
With the Daytona 500, NASCAR's Super Bowl, coming up this Sunday, watch for Motor Racing Outreach, a non-denominational ministry dedicated to…
“How Christian Were the Founders?”
In this weekend's New York Times Magazine, Russell Shorto takes a long look at the Texas textbook controversy. Shorto comes to this…
Idaho missionaries replay colonial legacy, imperial hubris
Anthea Butler analyzes the case of Idaho missionaries arrested in Haiti, comparing it to the long history of colonialism and…
Reporting on faith in the armed forces
In an incisive piece over at Trans/Missions, Meghan McCarty wades into a tangle of facts and frames concerning the recent…
How the Bible Belt came to be
At Science and Religion Today, historian Randall Stephens attempts to explain the distinct and enduring religiosity of the American south.