There is a body of Christian scholarship about Jews, but for the most part they depend on themselves for their self-definition and history. It is true that blacks have scholars such as John Hope Franklin, but a lot of black history is interpreted by white writers such as Taylor Branch and Eugene Genovese.

Every year half a million visitors pour through the twisty, narrow streets of St. Davids in Wales. It's not a new phenomenon. They've been coming for almost 1,500 years. It's a continuation of one of the oldest forms of tourism: the pilgrimage.

In a depoliticized society such as the United States -- where ordinary people in everyday spaces do not routinely talk about politics and underlying values -- churches are one of the few places where such engagement is possible.

Sydney Taylor's best-selling children's books were the first to deal with everyday life in a Jewish family, and some fifty years later, they are still beloved by Jewish and non-Jewish children alike.

Muslims have some growing up to do. The violent protests run counter to Islam, which forbids any compulsion in religion and it does not require non-Muslims to follow Islam's religious rites.

She made quantum leaps with the indie film hit "What the Bleep Do We Know?!" Now, JZ Knight, the woman the channels Ramtha, preps for the re-release of the "Bleep" in extended format and hopes to take people farther down the rabbit hole on her world tour.

Under pressure from activists, mosques in Chicago and San Francisco have lowered partitions separating men and women.

At first, the interior of the Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland is an overwhelming, ornate blur. Every inch of the solid stone interior seems to be carved. These are not mere decorations; they are complex pieces of a fathomless intellectual puzzle.

Meet Arthur Blessitt: The self-described liberal fundamentalist who helped George W. Bush find Jesus.

Finding a Christmas tree can suck the Joy out of the World.

At their best, religion and science recognize mystery and reject magic. Both accept the limited scope of their inquiry and encourage other forms of understanding.

Traditional opponents of capital punishment have gained powerful and unlikely allies: American Catholics, many of them conservatives defending a "culture of life."

Atheists finally have their own lobbying group

Late winter Carnival fulfills our basic human need for time out of time--a chance to radically rearrange your life, knowing that everything returns safely to normal when the party is over.

On a 1990 trip to Odessa, two ordinary conversations in Yiddish led to an extraordinary insight.

On the other side of the world, an American family finds surprising twists on holiday traditions.

The rise of National Socialism proved politics and religion don't mix.

Far from being immaterial -- nothing but light projected on a two-dimensional surface -- filmic images have leapt off the screen and entered physical, three-dimensional spaces, leaving their marks in American cement, religious consciousness, and ritual practices.

Britain's ancient churchyards have become ecological oases under a scheme to preserve wildlife and encourage biodiversity.

Palestinians have suffered under the occupation. Over 4,000 have been killed since the renewal of violence five years ago. This death toll is tragic; but to call it "genocide" is to cheapen the word.