The Intelligent Design (I.D.) movement began in the late 1980s and died -- though some still refuse to recognize its demise -- in a court case in 2005. What I remember most about it after writing a ...

Which subject are you more likely to talk about with family or friends -- politics, sports, pop culture or religion? A new Pew Research Center study suggests that if you're like most Americans, your ...

The famous Protestant Reformation leader John Calvin (1509-1564) used to decry what he called the "total depravity" of humankind. It was rooted in the questionable idea of "original sin," which my ...

Different religions have different views about what scripture is. In fact, often there are debates within a single religion about that, as all the Christian arguments about the nature of the Bible and ...

Across the span of human history, religion has caused wars, shaped the course of wars, worked to prevent wars and helped people to heal after wars. The interconnectedness between religion and war is ...

As Christians move through this season of Advent and its culmination, Christmas, it's a good time to remember that what gives the Bible its power, its resilience, its hold on the hearts and minds of ...

The recent trial, conviction and sentencing of the man who murdered 11 worshipers and wounded six more at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 has, once again, put the spotlight on resurgent antisemitism in ...

Although I'm often disappointed in the religious literacy of many Americans, I'm only occasionally shocked, gob-smacked, startled by evidence of religious ignorance and bigotry coming from elected ...

Given how many books I read, even I find it surprising to tell you that Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America, by Joel Edward Goza is easily one of the most important books I've read ...

In this blog post last weekend, I introduced you briefly to a new book about the murder of a journalist in India and about India's increasingly autocratic, self-certain and frightening government. I ...