"A place at the table for Christians, but at a price."

"Plus: Promise Keepers' military rhetoric gets real, the failure of racial reconciliation, and a verdict expected this week for Shelter Now workers."

Reflections from Ground Zero and beyond.

Plus: Bibles found at Ground Zero.

"Plus: Updates on the Burnhams and Shelter Now workers, and more stories from around the world."

Howard Finster's life was a living sacrifice.

"What critics are saying about From Hell, Riding in Cars with Boys, The Last Castle, and other films."

"Plus: Pat Robertson twice slammed for Liberia ties, and other stories."

"Plus: Tolkien and Lewis speak to a post-9/11 world, and many other stories from media around the world."

What's scarier than Halloween? The anxieties that drive it.

"The State Department adds North Korea to worst-offenders list, but not Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan."

Critics fear that Britain's religious freedom legislation might have the opposite effect.

At least sixteen parishioners killed after gunmen storm a Sunday service.

Judges and church judiciaries rule on denominational conflicts.

Six masked gunmen spray bullets into a Church of Pakistan Sunday service.

The restless intelligence of philosopher Peter van Inwagen.

The September 11 terrorist attacks force Americans to rethink Halloween—something Christians have done for a long time.

"Plus: Removing tattoos in Honduras, a proposed Religious Speech Amendment, and other stories from around the world."

The anthrax scare has put us on edge. How shall we deal with wartime fears?

"As church attendance slackens, columnists continue to attack exclusive fundamentalist beliefs in Christianity."

"What critics are saying about K-Pax, Waking Life, Halloween's horror flicks, and other cinema options."

Some report that violence since mid-October has left more than 200 dead.

"Plus: The Burnhams are alive but their captors are in trouble, plus other stories from around the world."

"With trial indefinitely postponed, the future is murky for Shelter Now hostages."

Irving Berlin's anthem captures America.

Academic speakers affirm the value of beholding God's creation

"What's on the Supreme Court docket, Ann Coulter gets fired, and Cronkite gets cranky."

Leaders condemn the use of religion as a tool for violence

"A call for miracle verifiers in Kenya, more on pacifism and just war doctrine, and other stories from news media around the world."

"Stephen King tries warming our hearts instead of chilling them. Michael Douglas brings back the formula thriller. Ben Stiller has us laughing at ego and fashion, and so does Mariah Carey (unintentionally"

Studying the benefits and perils of religious belief on physical health—including pregnancy.

Ken Clapham wants to be the international space station's chaplain.

"More on the World Trade Center crosses, every publication in the world notices America's spiritual boom, and other stories on the 9/11 fallout."

"Muslim response to the Crusades showed jihad in action, and while the grievances have changed, the rhetoric still echoes."

Getting beyond the feel-good bromides

"Shelter Now aid workers reportedly survive first attack, but young American Heather Mercer isn't doing well."

Relief and aid organizations say dropping food while dropping with bombs is dangerous. And Australia's PM gets attacked for trying to defend Shelter Now workers.

Armed robberies of Roman Catholic parishes have quadrupled since the early 1990s.

Clergy homes are often clearly marked making them targets for violence.

"Two horrible violent crimes, good and evil after 9/11, and other stories from around the world."

Persecution watchdogs fear religious freedom will suffer

Hate group targets St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in literature campaign.

"Shelter Now workers on hunger strike, and other stories from media around the world."

"Charitable choice supporters say just wait till next year, American definitely killed by Muslim kidnappers, and other stories from around the world."

"As speculations mount regarding the significance of recent events in God's plan for the end of the world, voices from the past urge restraint."

A dispatch from the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood conference.

"A spiritual response is needed to fill current void, organizers say"

Nobel Prize-winner V.S. Naipaul's accounts of Islam presuppose the superiority of modern skepticism.

"Hundreds more killed in new Nigeria riots, and Martin Burnham speaks—but bears bad news."

"Luke's DNA, and an evangelistic tract makes an unfortunate appearance in the Chicago Tribune."

"Jehovah's Witnesses go to the Supreme Court again, C.S. Lewis speaks to one of America's biggest companies, and other stories."

"What critics are saying about Mulholland Drive, Training Day, Max Keeble's Big Move, Bandits, Corky Romano, Serendipity, Joy Ride, and Iron Monkey."

"Guerillas in Philippines kidnap another missionary, Pat Robertson says Islam isn't a peaceful religion, and other stories from news sources around the world"

Friends say Wheaton grad's determination made him a hero

"Christian culture would have been threatened by plan, leaders say."

"Comedian accuses Britain of banning religious jokes, Dan Rather reads his Bible, and other stories."

Relief agencies watch for a decrease in giving and debate how to use 9.11.01 in appeals.

C.S. Lewis's warning against panic during World War II resonates in our new crisis