Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the influential and controversial Lebanese Shi‘i spiritual leader, died Sunday morning in Beirut at age…
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah dies at age 75
politics
Why the Assemblies of God is like the Democratic Party
New York Times columnist Charles Blow began his Saturday piece with a surprising question: "Which political party’s members are most…
The American Jew and Israeli politics
Sara Reef, Project Manager at Intersections International, writes at The Huffington Post on the American Jew's "right" to speak on the…
Muslim political history: two views from the West
In this week's New York Times Sunday Book Review, Max Rodenbeck has an essay on two recent books on Islam: Faith and…
What’s the writing on the wall?
What makes a religious political party? The question is more than semantic in Senegal. The constitution bars political parties based…
The stories we tell
In a recent Newsweek article, “Saint Sarah,” Lisa Miller chronicles Sarah Palin’s iconic status among evangelical Christian women in the…
Does religion unite or divide?
At Reset DOC, Marco Cesario provides an overview of a recent roundtable discussion held at the Bilgi University in Istanbul,…
Glenn Beck’s history book club
What's the number one bestseller on Amazon.com? Give up? As of May 20, 2010, it was George Washington's Sacred Fire…
Religions and rights: An interview with Richard Amesbury
Though currently on sabbatical at the University of Zürich, Richard Amesbury teaches religious and philosophical ethics at the Claremont School…
Jesuit university rescinds offer to sociologist
Marquette University, a Catholic university run by Jesuits, has come under fire after rescinding its offer to Seattle University sociologist…