Karim Sadjadpour, an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, writes about Iran's vehemently anti-Israel stance.

Jim Hoagland commends President Obama for his extended hand to the Muslim world, but cautions that this in no way spells an end to the war on terror.

GetReligion applauds a recent article in the Washington Post for its coverage of the emerging religious left and asks questions about the terms journalists are using to describe the movement.

In one of his final essays, First Things editor-in-chief Richard John Neuhaus discusses the varieties of secularization in America and Europe.

The Religion & Culture Web Forum excerpts Jeffrey Shandler's forthcoming book on American Jews' engagement with new media.

In Religion Dispatches, Frederick Clarkson argues that a document purporting to "end the culture wars" is really an attempt to woo religious progressives to the agenda of the religious right.

Randall Balmer, professor of American religious history at Barnard College, discusses faith in politics with Jon Stewart.

Christianity Today interviews Joshua Dubois, the director of the Obama Administration's newly-renamed Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

James A. Herrick writes with concern about the power of science fiction to forge "scientific mythologies" in Christianity Today.

Michael Gerson reflects on Pope Benedict XVI's reinstatement of a bishop who denies the Holocaust, and discusses more broadly the actions (or lack thereof) of Christians who have, recently and historically, stood by during genocides.