A recent revival of "Oliver!" has been brought under scrutiny because of the contentious representation of Fagin, Dickins' Jewish street thief, "one of the most infamous antisemitic caricatures of all time, a devious hook-nosed villain rivaled in stereotypical notoriety by only Shakespeare’s Shylock," Ben Quinn writes.

At the philosophy of religion blog Prosblogion, a scrupulously anonymous scribe shares his or her notes from the exchange between atheist Daniel Dennett and theist Alvin Plantinga at the recent American Philosophical Association meeting.

Although "many liberals dare not speak its name," Mark Chavez argues at Duke Divinity School's Faith and Leadership blog, "theological liberalism . . . is a more potent cultural presence than many realize."

Gish Jen writes in The New Republic about the presence of Falun Gong, the Chinese new religious movement (or exercise group, depending on whom you ask), at Radio City Music Hall's "Chinese New Year Splendor."

David Waters comments on the signifiance of James Dobson's resignation as chairman of Focus on the Family.

The New York Times's Patricia Cohen appraises current and coming challenges to the humanities.

In the New York Times, Susan Jacoby wonders why we are "moving blindly ahead with faith-based federal spending as if it were not a radical break with our past."

Hijab Style hosts an interview with Sarah Elenany, a young British designer who caters to young Muslim women in England.

On his blog at the New York Times, Stanley Fish puts forth two Christian discourses with which to process the current financial crisis.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput delivered a lecture at the University of Toronto, in which he spoke out against the "spirit of adulation bordering on servility" towards Obama that "already exists among some of the same Democratic-friendly Catholic writers, scholars, editors and activists who once accused prolifers of being too cozy with Republicans."