Killing the Buddha

god for the godless

damNation

Principalities and powers

Strangers In The Bible Belt and The Holy Land

Strangers In The Bible Belt and The Holy Land

by Ashley Makar

Immigration legislation in Alabama and Israel.

Mercy

Mercy

by Ashley Makar

Hope, apprehension, and the revolution in Egypt.

Whose College?

Whose College?

by Jonathan D. Fitzgerald

God, money, and power beneath the Empire State Building.

Today Needs Another Name

Today Needs Another Name

by Quince Mountain

This Columbus Day, the spirit of 1492 is alive and well.

Yes, Mr. Kristof, This Is America

Yes, Mr. Kristof, This Is America

by Garrett Baer

Why are we so surprised by our own bigotry?

Outside a Tea Party

Outside a Tea Party

by JoAnn Wypijewski

Mongrel politics and an American mind.

Next Year In Jerusalem?

Next Year In Jerusalem?

by Rachel Leven

It’s not my holy land.

Presente

Presente

by Richard Amesbury and Andrew Kirschman, S.J.

Archbishop Romero’s legacy survives in El Salvador.

Stupaking the States

Stupaking the States

by Mark Bergen

The latest twists and turns of the abortion debate.

Who’s Amish Now?

Who’s Amish Now?

by Ann Neumann

Is avoiding the health care mandate worth fastening your clothes with straight pins?

The Last Nail

The Last Nail

by Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

God and democracy four years after Hurricane Katrina.

God or Country

God or Country

by Ann Neumann

A good, religiously tolerant nation is hard to find.

Jesus Plus Nothing, Minus Somalia

Jesus Plus Nothing, Minus Somalia

by Jeff Sharlet

How Christian fundamentalism helped turn Somalia into the next staging ground for Islamic radicalism.

Chosen

Chosen

by Jeff Sharlet

King David as a model for present-day political power. An excerpt from The Family.

Gays Are the New Niggers

Gays Are the New Niggers

by Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

40 years after the Stonewall riots, what Bayard Rustin means for American democracy.

The Full Armor of God

The Full Armor of God

by Nathan Schneider

Donald Rumsfeld took the LORD’s name in vain.

It’s the Theology, Stupid

It’s the Theology, Stupid

by Frank Schaeffer

Understanding the Republican disconnect, explained by one of the people who helped create it.

(Dis)Integrating Church and State

(Dis)Integrating Church and State

by Gordon Haber

Someone might be tinkering with God’s voting machine.