You may have noticed that the truth has been suffering a lot lately. People tend to believe what they want to believe, regardless of whether or not it’s actually true — and increasingly, maintain their beliefs regardless of the facts. … Continue reading

The conservative columnist argues that President Obama is engaged in a “high stakes political fight” with Catholicism. Continue reading

Conservative columnist Ross Douthat argues traditional Christianity has failed to keep polarizing cultural combatants and influencers in check. Continue reading

Two popular political writers share how American liberalism and Christianity have gone off the rails — and the implications for American democracy. Continue reading

In an excerpt from his book, Ross Douthat says preacher Joel Osteen embodies “the refashioning of Christianity to suit an age of abundance.” Continue reading

Bill Moyers and Elie Wiesel ponder the question in this 1991 Moyers Moment. Continue reading

Born in Manchester, England, in 1959, novelist Jeanette Winterson was adopted as an infant by working-class Pentecostal parents and raised in the small English mill town of Accrington. By the age of 12, she was reciting the Bible by heart … Continue reading

Elaine Pagels shares perceived roles of sexuality in classic bible stories. Continue reading

With the separation of church and state so much in the news these days — whether Rick Santorum’s “makes me want to throw up” attack on John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech before the Greater Houston Ministerial Association or the current … Continue reading

Yesterday’s debate on the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act introduced by Senator Ray Blunt (R-Mo.) didn’t take long to heat up. Sen. Orrin Hatch, (R-Utah), said, “Obamacare is what brought us here today… Our Bill of Rights has been … Continue reading