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Silver Trumpets

By Jeremy B. Jones | February 17, 2009

The rise and fall of a cussin’ campus Christian rock star.

"The bread, I learned, was baked by the people I took communion with..."

Take This Bread

By Sara Miles | April 3, 2007

An unlikely convert learns that believing and understanding don’t always arrive at the same time.

"I mopped thin stripes along the floor, careful to let one dry before beginning another."

The Word Made Strange

By Peter Manseau | October 20, 2006

How does the son of fallen clergy rebel? He tries to become a monk. An excerpt from Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and their Son, now available in paperback.

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Articulate Enemy

By Bethany Saltman | October 12, 2006

Is there a nice way to call someone a fool? Sam Harris doesn’t think so.
A review of his new book, Letter to a Christian Nation.

"They don't preach, they just play the hell out of their set..."

God and Guitars

By Joel Hartse | August 22, 2006

Christian rock might not have all the answers, but for one fan and one band, it’s the questions that matter.

"Christ and Buddha" by Ruth Jones

The Temptation of Belief

By Bethany Saltman | February 10, 2006

What happens when you envy those whose faith you fear?

"It is enough that there is a world, after all."

Running on Faith

By Rebecca Beyer | November 18, 2005

Where is God? Chasing an answer when you can’t see the road ahead.

"It isn't about the absence of germs."

Getting Clean

By Emma Snyder | August 24, 2005

What is the sound of one hand washing again and again and again?

"Faith is not a style."

A Slut for Faith

By Laurel Snyder | August 1, 2005

Leaving God at the altar, and other tips for marital bliss.

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The Last Papal Picture Show

By Peter Manseau | April 1, 2005

The life, death, and ever-changing image of an icon.

"No deus climbed from the machina..."

Praying the Deus ex Machina

By Daniel Silliman | March 8, 2005

Can words pull God from his machine?

"So what if you can't pin down the exact history of yoga..."

Yoga for Skeptics

By Elizabeth Kadetsky | May 11, 2004

Desperate for enlightenment, Westerners flock to India. But the modern yogis’ link to a mystical ancient lineage may be mere hocus pocus.

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John Kerry vs. Martin Luther

By Christopher Orlet | March 31, 2004

The Catholic Kerry preaches that it is Good Works, not Faith alone that justifies.

Rush Limbaugh called the author’s book “highly portentous.”

Rush Likes It?

By Kristin Ohlson | September 24, 2003

Do conservatives own God? One big fat idiot thinks so.

Cover art from The Book Against God (detail)

The Book About The Book Against God

By Scott McLemee | July 9, 2003

Critic James Wood’s sanctified blasphemies take fictional form in his new novel.

“For most people, ‘Kum Ba Ya’ is the canonical Christian camp hymn.”

I Am a Sea

By Patton Dodd | May 14, 2003

Learning to speak a new language is never easy, especially one that is already dead.

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Losing Their Religion?

By Diane Winston | February 13, 2003

The Salvation Army has been taking money from the government for years. But at what cost?

"My one-girl betrayal of the Catholic community was something I kept to myself."

Oh Come On, All Ye Faithful

By Maura Kelly | December 24, 2002

A Christmas story about lost faith and the routine of prayer.