Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the rapture of distress

The author of The Christ of Christmas celebrates the season around the one great miracle

DiIulio apologizes—twice—for White House criticism, and many other stories from online sources around the world

Missionaries whose spouses were killed by Islamic terrorists speak

Parents Television Council head allegedly fired over Jesus prayer, and other stories from online sources around the world

Asking the right questions is at the heart of the evolution debate

Protestant churches aid Catholic dissident group Voice of the Faithful

What Christian critics are saying about Adaptation, Analyze That, Empire, Far from Heaven, and Solaris.

The authors of Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues and J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth talk about the Christian life in Faerie

The authors of Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues and J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth talk about whether Tolkien was too ignorant of evil and other subjects.

What religious critics are saying about Solaris, Treasure Planet, Eight Crazy Nights, Extreme Ops, They, Far From Heaven, The Emperor's Club, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Plus: News about a VeggieTales sequel and psychotic evangelical zomb

Shorter College and Georgia Baptist Convention sue each other, the debate over Christmas's history, and other stories from online sources around the world

A new book by a leading Christian feminist scholar inadvertently reveals the flawed assumptions underlying much talk about flexibility in gender roles

Religious teens are more positive, and other stories from online sources around the world

Religious protests to Iraq war grow as Bush reportedly turns deaf ear, and other stories from online sources from online sources around the world.

How evangelism's senior statesman helped the hippies tune in, turn on to God.

Christian media reviewers take on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Gangs of New York, Antwone Fisher, Star Trek: Nemesis, Maid in Manhattan, The Hot Chick, and the Swedish arthouse film Songs from the Second Floor

A Christmas Carol remains the quintessential holiday story, but why?

The second Lord of the Rings film raises the spiritual stakes.