NEW YORK — A former Bronx synagogue that was turned into a church was torched by assailants who smeared Satanic graffiti on its walls. "We have...
James Rucker | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media
Rev. Tillard speaks out against Glenn Beck Last night, Glenn Beck performed "The Christmas Sweater" -- a stage play that was broadcast live in theat...
Auburn McCanta | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
The attorney who introduced the concept of Miranda rights into U.S. legal doctrine ruled this month that poor church members can't eat pancakes before a worship service.
Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact
The homeless in Phoenix, Ariz. will have to find a new place for a pancake breakfast after a court ruling forced a neighborhood church to shut down it...
Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...
SouthtownStar | Guy Tridgell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago
The Rev. Dan Willis is passing the collection plate in reverse. He will give you money to go to church. ...
Jay Michaelson | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living
All too often, however, spirituality reinforces rather than transcends conventional limits, boundaries, and notions of the ego. Sandwiched in between manicures and lunch dates, the quickie yoga class becomes just another way to augment and reinforce the self.
Don McNay | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
Everyone has dreams and desires but usually keep them hidden, back in the recesses of their minds. The lottery question gets those dreams and desires out in the open, on the front burner.
Salam Al Marayati | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
Mohamed Bary says she can practice any faith she wants -- clearly, he is not a fundamentalist. He believes his daughter was brainwashed and kidnapped.
Global Post | Saritha Rai | Posted 09.05.2009 | World
It is dawn in Kerala, a palm frond of a state in India's South West. As the sun's first rays hit the church steeple, a Holy Mass is being conducted ...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
Are you serious, True Blood? Are you really going to spring Godric on me in the last moment of Episode 7 ("Release Me") and then cut to the credits? D
Sheryl McCarthy | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
Will Riverside continue to be a liberal, socially activist church that is welcoming to Christians of all races, genders and sexual persuasions, or will it will take on more of the trappings of a black, evangelical church?
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.
nytimes.com | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 08.02.2009 | World
The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, a development that has startled and dismayed nuns who fear they are th...
Keith Leon and Maura Leon | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living
Our large economic challenges have impacted the religious community in distressing ways.
nytimes.com | SARAH KERSHAW | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York
The sight of doormen in charcoal gray jackets and smooth white gloves is de rigueur on Park Avenue -- Main Street for a rarefied slice of Manhattan. T...
Brittany Huckabee | Posted 07.16.2009 | Living
Ultimately, I don't believe the sermons given at the mosque in Morgantown represent anything more or less dangerous than those I heard in my church. They reflect the universal fare of conservative religion.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 07.10.2009 | Style
Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?
Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.07.2009 | Comedy
Republican officials wasted no time in taking advantage of their new found status as a religion and began punishing infidels, giving each other impressive titles and handing out funny hats.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green
Most people who consider themselves at least somewhat spiritual, regardless of their religion or set of beliefs, have realized that caring for the earth is imperative to their spirituality.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
Abortion foes believe killing in war is justified, as is lethal injection for convicted criminals and they are almost universally in favor of the death penalty.
Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business
Condoms are not things people tend to linger over before buying, comparing prices and such. Unlike greeting cards, these purchases tend to be more of ...
Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 06.23.2009 | Living
There are more religious leaders of all denominations who are for gays and lesbian rights than we realize.
Tom McCaffrey | Posted 06.20.2009 | Comedy
"My mom is always like 'I can't believe you got drunk and then drove our new car into a lake again'. I'm like fuck you! I like to party! You're just mad because you can't party as hard as me! Delta Chi forever!"
Tara Stiles | Posted 06.09.2009 | Living
It's headline news: "American's are Losing their Religion." "New research shows young Americans are dramatically less likely to go to church - or to...
AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York