Dan Gilgoff interviews Richard Cizik, chief lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals, the nation's largest evangelical organization.

From Religion Dispatches: "For the record, Maher says he has 'no problem with spirituality.' What I think he fails to understand..."

Jürgen Habermas, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Frankfurt, will deliver the first of three scheduled lectures at Yale University today. The theme of the 2008 Castle Lectures is "The Resurgence of Religion: A Challenge to the Secular Self-Under­standing of Modernity."

The Independent reports the stories of five Afghani women who took on the Taliban and lost.

A recent paper for the Jubilee Center, a Christian think-tank based in the UK, has proposed establishing Christian universities in Britain on the model of such American Christian colleges as Wheaton.

The Scoop discusses a New York Times article that draws parallels between "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and the life of Jesus Christ.

Gregory Rodriguez wants to figure out why people believe.

Kathryn Lofton on John McCain's "rhetoric of righteousness".

Krista Tippett interviews Amy Sullivan.