At Progressive Revival, Diana Butler Bass discusses witchcraft in African Christianity and its implications for reading Christianity in Africa and…
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What, exactly, did the Creator create?
Richard Alleyne, science correspondent for the Telegraph, discusses a new interpretation of the Hebrew Bible.
America’s patron prophet
In the Washington Post, Bruce Feiler discusses the ubiquity of representations of Moses in America's capital.
An Islamic sexual revolution
Spiegel Online interviews German-Turkish writer Seyran Ates about sexuality in Islam.
Living dolls in Syria
Shohreh Jandaghian interviews Syrian filmmaker Diana El-Jeiroudi about her documentary, "Dolls," which parallels the Fulla doll---a veiled, Middle Eastern Barbie---with…
The Muslim Brotherhood’s identity crisis
The Economist discusses the current troubles of the Muslim Brotherhood.
An atheist Christmas
Natalie Haynes reviews the recently published Atheist's Guide to Christmas.
Turkish and American secularisms
At Changing Turkey in a Changing World, Sune Lægaard, assistant professor of philosophy at the Centre for the Study of…
After Utopia, loving Israel
Jonathan D. Sarna discusses why American Jews can be seen as having fallen out of love with Israel.
Faith and in vitro fertilization
At Progressive Revival, Kate M. Ott reflects on the situation of an Ohio woman who was implanted with an embryo…