Chastity is a spiritual discipline for the whole church.

Diane Knippers was at the heart of mainline renewal movements.

The Ascension has been forgotten in many Protestant churches, jettisoning an essential part of the Christian story.

A series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics? Think again.

Why followers of the Prince of Peace waged war.

If Satan thinks they are a key battleground, shouldn't we?

Leading advocate of emergent movement mourned.

Why should church buildings get so much of the financial, physical, and social attention that is rightly due to the needs of Christians and others? Asked by Kofo Olomu, Cotonou, Benin

What the new pope believes about the papacy, and whether he might change it.

Why the medieval theologian is as contemporary as ever—and a blessing to evangelicals.

Why he was chosen—and why he's no narrow-minded blockhead.

"He's going to hold the line," says Norm Geisler.

"Simple and humble worker" had served as head of the Vatican office on church doctrine.

Stalwart against liberalism in mainline churches had colon cancer.

UPI religion columnist decries the shallow Christianity of those who neglect the past.

Ron Sider says the movement is riddled with hypocrisy, and that it's time for serious change.

Unpacking some myths about today's teens.

Conservative theologians dismayed by recommendations on gay unions.

Why the world's most famous atheist now believes in God.