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American Muslims are celebrating the ouster of two congressmen known for their anti-Islamic rhetoric, and heralding the outcomes as a sign that Muslim voters, at least in some districts, are a poli...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Despite recent setbacks in the United States and Europe, the Catholic Church is not losing the fight on gay marriage, the Vatican semiofficial newspaper claimed on Friday (Nov....

When Staff Sgt. Brandon Hill came home from his third tour in Iraq last year, he expected his wife and young daughters at the welcoming ceremony....

Bishop Justin Welby, a former oil executive who’s emerged as a critic of corporate excess, will become the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and leader of the worldwi...

I once saw children's ministry as a steppingstone to something else. This attitude put me in league with the hindering kind of disciples.

We celebrated both sons’ baptism anniversaries a few weeks back. Their days are only a fortnight apart, so in the blur of busy schedules we set aside a single night to celebrate and remember. As I was setting the table for their special dinner, my son snatched his baptism candle out of its holder and playfully held it in front of his mouth as if to bite. Coyly offering one of his beloved kidisms, he teased: “Does it taste?”

The presidential election revealed that the “God gap” in electoral politics remains as large as ever—and is much larger than the gender gap that was often touted during the campaign. Mark Silk summarizes it: Those who said they attend worship weekly preferred Mitt Romney by 20 points, 59-39. Those who said they attend less frequently went for Obama by 25 points. That compares to a male preference for Romney of seven points and a female preference for Obama of 11. How fervently one practices one’s religion is—apart from race—still the best predictor of how one votes.

New today from the Century: A changed view of children's ministry, the persistent God gap, more.

I once saw children's ministry as a steppingstone to something else. This attitude put me in league with the hindering kind of disciples.

Last month, Lauren Anderson Youngblood, communications manager for the Secular Coalition for America, approached Broderick Johnson, a senior adviser to the Obama campaign, as they both left a confe...

Voters made history on Election Day three times over by endorsing moves to allow gay marriage in Maine, Maryland and Washington State....

Former president Jimmy Carter commended 15 Christian leaders whose recent call for Congress to investigate human rights violations by Israelis against Palestinians caused tension between Jewish and...

It is true, as a Century editorial recently argued, that poverty did not get the attention...

If soldiers make it home, the war comes with them. Every day, about 18 of them implode in suicide.

New today from the Century: Mark Heim on Baptist identity, Logan Mehl-Laituri on Veterans Day, more.

Scholars who devote themselves to interpreting Baptist tradition must contend with a community that is not sure it has one.

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Mormons in Utah and across the nation were thrilled by the prospect that one of their own might occupy the highest office in the land....

Congress will become a shade more religiously diverse this January, after Tuesday's (Nov. 6) election of the first Hindu representative and first Buddhist senator....

Mitt Romney failed in his bid to win the White House back for Republicans, but the biggest losers in Tuesday's voting may be Christian conservatives who put everything they had into denying Preside...

Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., the only openly atheist member of Congress, lost his race for another term on Tuesday (Nov. 6)....