President Obama delivered a momentous speech at Cairo University this past Thursday, in which he discussed the future of American…
Obama spoke to the Muslim world, the whole world responds
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When is “Muslim” the defining factor of a criminal?
At City of Brass, Aziz Poonawalla writes about his worry that "the high rate of conversion to Islam by violent…
Dan Fleshler transforms America’s Israel lobby
Religion Dispatches excerpts Dan Fleshler's new book, Transforming America's Israel Lobby: The Limits of Its Power and the Potential For…
Hopes and tips for Obama’s trip to the Middle East
As President Obama prepares to make his June 4 address to the Muslim world, journalists, politicians, and academics have clamored…
The multimillion monastery
In Wisconsin, a small monastery supports itself by hosting a company that sells ink and toner cartridges, Laurie Goodstein writes…
Liz Coleman calls for the reinvention of liberal arts education
Bennington President Liz Coleman speaks at the 2009 Ted lectures, pushing for a radical reform in higher education.
The collapse of interest in moral values
While moral values were considered by voters to be the single most important issue in the 2004 elections, E.J. Dionne…
The Tiller murder and right wing extremism
At his Beliefnet blog, Steven Waldman writes that the murder of George Tiller, a Wichita abortion provider, should "force a…
The evolution of God
Lisa Miller discusses Robert Wright's forthcoming book, The Evolution of God, in Newsweek.
Not a nun, but a bride of Christ
In the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Liz O'Donnell writes about consecrated virgins in the Catholic Church, betrothed to Jesus Christ.