Religion

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  • Ted Haggard in exile

    An HBO documentary about the former pastor underscores the horrors of the evangelical Christian closet, just as new allegations about him emerge.
  • WTF: "The Patriarchy Movement"

    An evangelical feminism tries to roll back the clock and inject a little biblical womanhood into our lives.
  • How the hell did Rick Warren get inauguration tickets?

    Barack Obama knows liberals are upset he picked the conservative evangelical preacher to pray at the inauguration. And he doesn't care.
  • "Doubt"

    Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama.
  • I've got pushy Sabbath observers in my doorman-less lobby

    Because observant Orthodox Jews may not use intercoms on the Sabbath, things get a little sticky in my building.
  • From every mountainside

    The miracle of this year's Thanksgiving.
  • Why churches fear gay marriage

    The crusade for Proposition 8 was fueled by the broken American family, explains gay Catholic author Richard Rodriguez.
  • Proposition 8 made me quit the Mormon church

    I have been a Mormon my whole life. But after the church's campaign of hatred to ban gay marriage, I finally renounced my membership.
  • I'm fighting a religious war with my mother-in-law

    I'm a Unitarian Universalist and she's a fundamentalist: Can this kinship be saved?
  • Fox, CBS call Kay Hagan the winner in North Carolina

    Sen. Elizabeth Dole loses her reelection bid.
  • A big gay Mormon wedding

    The Church of Latter-day Saints has pumped millions into Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage. But for one devout family, the politics are personal.
  • Stephen King's God trip

    On the 30th anniversary of "The Stand," the novelist confesses what haunts him about religion and today's politics.
  • If McCain wins, should we all move to Scandinavia?

    Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment.
  • No time to cry wolf

    It's right to be afraid of Sarah Palin and the outcome of the election. But still, we have to have faith.
  • Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"

    The HBO host and comedian talks about "Religulous," his onslaught against the religious idiocy that threatens to deliver America to Sarah Palin and her fellow "space god" worshipers.
  • A nation of conspiracy theorists can't be wrong

    From miracle diets to creationism to rumors about the origins of 9/11, a new book traces our irrational love of misinformation.
  • The souls of young Muslim folk

    What it's like to be America's new "problem" in the age of terror.
  • The heretic

    Giordano Bruno has been called a martyr to science and an occultist, but a new book argues that the brilliant philosopher's unconventional behavior did him in.
  • Sunday morning at Saddleback Church

    Most of Rick Warren's churchgoers still back McCain, but praised Obama's "values." The weekend's big winner was Warren.
  • Barack Obama's purpose-driven gamble

    The Democrat wanted to show he could compete for evangelical votes, too. Will he succeed?
  • The Democrats get religion

    Will the political mission to fashion an evangelical glow around Barack Obama lead to the White House?
  • My marriage was a mistake

    I wanted to be the bride but I don't like being the wife. Now I face the toughest decision of my life.
  • Losing her religion

    Televangelist Joel Osteen's wife sued for anxiety, hemorrhoids and shaken faith.
  • What's wrong with science as religion

    Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors.
  • Don't lose your head (scarves)

    Two Michigan Muslim women allege McDonald's refused to employee them because they wore the hijab. The kicker? It was a halal McDonald's.
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