Monthly Archives: April 2009

A UCLA undergraduate secretly tapes a counseling session at a Planned Parenthood center and posts the encounter on YouTube. In a five-minute mini-drama, a nursing aide (later fired) tells the young woman, who says she is 13, not to report … Continue reading →

Religious progressives ought to be having a field day. Obama is as close to a fellow traveler as has occupied the White House in decades, and the cultural tide is turning their way. Same sex marriage —check. Environmentalism—check. Moderated policies … Continue reading →

By Andrea Tabor Trend trackers sure got a jolt to the system with that ARIS study (the one that found the numbers of “nones” were up while believers are down).  Since its release, the secular and religious press have been … Continue reading →

What to make of the veritable cascade of religion coverage? Last week the New York Times magazine profiled Rabbi Capers Funnye, an African American Jewish leader with a cousin in the White House, and this week it spotlighted the Redeemed … Continue reading →

With the ostensible demise of the Christian Right, journalists are scurrying to find the next big thing. What new narrative will explain religion's role in society and where the faithful are headed? I wouldn't count out the Religious Right just … Continue reading →

I like speculative fiction so I enjoyed Gershom Gorenberg's leisurely exploration of why there is no Gandhi or Martin Luther King on the West Bank. Even more engrossing than Gorenberg's fantasy of a peaceful Palestinian protest in 2012 is his … Continue reading →