At the New York Times blog Happy Days, Michele Madigan Somerville recounts the unlikely tale of how she "embarked on a search for a church and wound up a born-again Catholic."

At Public Discourse, Jennifer S. Bryson looks at what we mean when we call for people to "respect" Islam.

The Nation's Katha Pollitt weighs in on the issue of Muslim women's rights in the context of Obama's Cairo speech, the protests in Iran, and Sarkozy's support of a burqa ban in France.

At the Guardian, Madeleine Bunting asks what will come in the wake of the free market, and whether religion is our only hope.

At the Huffington Post, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd writes about the current upheaval in Iran and how it differs from the Iranian Revolution of the 1970s.

This weekend the New York Times blog, Schott's Vocab, solicited definitions of faith.

At Religion Dispatches, Arri Eisen writes about his experience creating and teaching a science course, requested by the Dalai Lama and intended to educate Buddhist monks and nuns.

At Progressive Revival, Paul Raushenbush calls for the Christianization of the health care debate.

At Fresh Air on NPR, Chip Berlet discusses how "the murders of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller and Holocaust Museum guard Stephen T. Johns exemplify the potential for violence that often lurks within extremist groups" and argues "that right-wing pundits share some of the moral responsibility for the actions of their followers."