Topic: Religion

What the Data Says About How America Celebrates Easter

Reuters

This Sunday is Easter. If you live in Mississippi, you're probably going to church. If you're Mormon, you're most likely to know what the holiday represents. If you're evangelical, you're most likely to think you'll live to see the next resurrection.

By Alex Eichler

May 28, 2010

By Heather Horn

May 25, 2010

Op-Ed Spotlight: The Dalai Lama's Tolerance How-To

"I believe there is genuine potential for mutual understanding"

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By John Hudson

May 21, 2010

Pundits and Cartoonists Split on 'Everybody Draw Muhammad Day'

Was its message noble or shameful?

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By John Hudson

May 12, 2010

Sympathy for the Head-Butted Swedish Cartoonist

Political artists defend freedom of expression

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By Heather Horn

May 11, 2010

Pope Finds 'Sin Within the Church'

A turning point in the Catholic abuse scandal?

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By Heather Horn

Apr 23, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Jon Stewart Gives Extremists the Daily Show Treatment

Some solemnity, some jokes, and a gospel send-off

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By Heather Horn

Apr 19, 2010

By John Hudson

Apr 16, 2010

National Day of Prayer Struck Down: 'Sweet Victory'?

Obama, for one, still intends to recognize it on May 6

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By Heather Horn

Apr 12, 2010

Quote of the Day: Hitchens Revises the Ten Commandments

With a warning against taking "moral code in tablet form"

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Apr 5, 2010

Quote of the Day: 'Only the Church Can Save the Church'

"Leave the Pope alone," urges Tunku Varadarajan

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By Heather Horn

Apr 2, 2010

Taking Sides in Vatican vs. New York Times

Did the paper of record bungle facts?

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By Max Fisher

Mar 30, 2010

The Politics of Passover

Your dinner-table chatter primer

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By Heather Horn

Mar 26, 2010

Catholic Publications' Response to the Abuse Crisis

Soul-searching, New York Times bashing, and harsh criticism directed at the Vatican

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By Heather Horn

Mar 26, 2010

The Pope's Resignation: A Possibility?

What's possible, what's plausible, and what's necessary

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By Heather Horn

Mar 25, 2010

Spotlight: Andrew Sullivan's Remarkable Call for the Pope's Resignation

One of the foremost Catholic commentators looks deep into the roots of the current abuse crisis

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By Heather Horn

Mar 25, 2010

Pope Implicated in Wisconsin Abuse Cover-Up

A devastating New York Times story uncovers internal correspondence

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By Heather Horn

Mar 22, 2010

Catholicism in Peril

The pope's response hasn't quenched the criticism

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By Max Fisher

Mar 18, 2010

What Nun-Bishop Split Reveals About Today's Catholic Church

Church officials are divided over health care reform

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By Heather Horn

Mar 12, 2010

How High Will the German Catholic Abuse Scandal Go?

Is the Catholic clerical system broken?

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By Heather Horn

Mar 5, 2010

The Search for Jewish Narnia

Is it in Marvel Comics?

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By Eleanor Barkhorn

Feb 16, 2010

Fat Tuesday: What Pundits Are Giving Up For Lent

Is giving up a Twitter obsession really a sacrifice?

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By Heather Horn

Feb 11, 2010

19 Pundits on the Sullivan-Wieseltier Debate

Commentators pile on a massive discussion about anti-Semitism and journalistic responsibility

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By Michael Kinsley

Jan 29, 2010

How to Think About: Jewish Bankers

Michael Kinsley on Rush Limbaugh, Abe Foxman, and Goldman Sachs

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By Heather Horn

Jan 26, 2010

French Partial Burqa Ban Likely--Should U.S. Follow Suit?

Fierce debate over the wisdom of adopting a European attitude toward face veils

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By Heather Horn

Jan 25, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Pope Tells Priests to Blog

Vatican directs brethren to the Internet, urging them to bring the Gospel to the blogosphere

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