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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 →

Templeton's best efforts notwithstanding, most religion reporters don't know much about science nor do science reporters “get” religion. And with much of the news business teetering on insolvency, I don't expect general assignment reporters, mustered to fill in gaps left … Continue reading →

Tired of war, Wall Street and Barack around the clock? Check out Monica Rozenfeld on tattooed Jews. “Evocative, disrespectful, proud, antithetic: these are just some of the words used to describe Jews with tattoos. Seth Alamar, who has 30-odd tattoos, … Continue reading →

I don't know if Robert Wright will like being compared to Gaius Baltar (so many choices but this and that for starters), but his piece in The Atlantic reminds me of the sexy scientist's unexpected sermonizing in the Battlestar Galactica … Continue reading →

by Jennifer Hahn Six years after President Bush announced a faith-based initiative to treat addiction, Jennifer Hahn investigates its effect on drug- and alcohol-ravaged New Orleans Like many people living in New Orleans today, James Banks knows what it means … Continue reading →

According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, religion coverage represented about 1 percent of last year's newshole. Granted, that's not a lot, but it's the same amount of space devoted to stories … Continue reading →

Creeds and collars, religious forms and formality, don't do well on television. So when I heard about Kings, a new NBC series based on the Biblical hero David, I expected a train wreck. The series, which premieres on March 15, … Continue reading →

by Andrea Tabor The results of the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey are out, and it appears Americans aren't just losing faith in the economic system, they're just plain losing faith.  The Christian population has declined by 10 percent since … Continue reading →

The fight to roll back Proposition 8 continues. Earlier this week, a non-binding resolution approved by the California legislature questioned its status. The problem? The proposition had not been approved by a two-third majority of that body before being placed … Continue reading →