Last month the John Templeton Foundation convened Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Terry Eagleton, author of…
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Christian conservatives and healthcare co-ops
At the Guardian's Comment is free page, Angelia Wilson looks at the reasoning behind Christian conservatives' support for healthcare co-operatives.
Saving America, one godless liberal at a time
David Waters at On Faith reports on one of the Christian Right's more creative---and bizarre---gambits to date: the "Adopt a…
What is at stake in establishment clause cases?
In the Los Angeles Times, Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Joseph Infranco and UC Irvine School of Law dean Erwin…
More on the “No Religionists”
In the latest issue of Culture (pdf, p. 12), Christopher McKnight Nichols takes an "historical approach" to accounting for the…
The paradox of civic engagement
Parsing some numbers showing that Americans are paying more attention to the news these days than at any point in…
Michael Sandel on justice, religion, and civic engagement
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Christopher Shea profiles Harvard political scientist Michael Sandel, whose seminar Moral Reasoning 22---known to…
Religious “nones” and the future of American religion
A number of recent studies have attempted to analyze the emergent and fast-growing segment of American society that declines any…
Fellowship opportunity for students of religion and philanthropy
The Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy is accepting applications for its 2010-2011 Doctoral…
Obama brings religious rhetoric to bear on Israel-Palestine conflict
Dan Gilgoff at God & Country commends President Obama for framing the cause of peace between Israel and Palestine "as…