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Barack Obama, the only president to acknowledge ‘non-believers’ during his inaugural address, is himself a very religious individual. He has spoken freely about the role Christianity has played [...]

A new study this week revealed that 15% of Americans consider themselves ‘nonreligious,’ up from 8% in 1990. As a point of comparison, 1.4% of America is Mormon. Mitt Romney aside, there is a [...]

I was in the mood for some good old-fashioned theocracy this past weekend. With a trip to Iran well beyond my budget, I turned to Mike Huckabee. He didn’t disappoint, chatting up the evils of [...]

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that the sect of Summum can’t force Pleasant Grove City, Utah to add a religious monument of their own to a public park that already has one of the [...]

Religion is not only at the crux of electoral and international politics, its influence has also been on the rise in the past few decades. Naturally, the most religiously diverse nation in the [...]

Seeing as you found your way to the internet, I’m sure you know that Barack Obama will become President of the United States next Tuesday. But his electoral victory also puts him on track to lead [...]

Recent Interfaith Alliance Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award recipient, Asra Nomani, wrote an op-ed piece that looks at religious tolerance and hatred in India in light of the horrifying [...]

It’s the year 2012 and America has suffered four separate terrorist attacks since 2009. Pornography is flaunted in stores across the country, countless Christian businesses are forced into [...]

The cover of The Economist a few months back featured Barack Obama and John McCain, deeming their candidacies, “America at its Best.” If only that were so in terms of religion and [...]

I spent the first of this week in Wilmington, NC with my parents for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.  Besides getting a chance to see the ocean for a final time this season, I also had the [...]