The Ornament of the World analyzes how the intellectual elites of medieval Spain eschewed fundamentalism and showed surprising sensitivity in reconciling competing truths.

"Some critics want to retire the concept. Not so fast, says David Naugle"

The long swansong of Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Would lay power really augur a new epoch of openness and honesty?

"Margaret Atwood's new novel considers the price we may pay for looking to technology to remedy our ills, personal and social"

Incoming! The McSweeney's crowd launches a new monthly.

Isaiah and the New Urbanism.

Re-fighting the Battle of Gettysburg

Buffy the Vampire Slayer finally gets some respect. Too bad the life is slowly ebbing out of the show

Two responses to Ralph Wood's claim that biblical tradition elevates word over picture.

Günter Grass and the debate over Germans as victims in World War II.

"Michael Kelly, R.I.P"

"Brian McLaren's evolutionary interpretation of the faith promises more than it delivers, but what it delivers is good enough."

"A PBS documentary enters the unruly, grace-filled world of the author of Traveling Mercies"

Why Christian ambition isn't an oxymoron

"Most everyone agrees that the James ossuary is a significant find. Ask what it means, however …"

"Tune in this week to Frederick Wiseman's PBS documentary, Domestic Violence, to see some real survivors."

"A new assessment of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, preacher"

A chronicler of religion plays the straight man