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A man buys a lottery ticket at a small store in Cambodia. Ten years ago, he could have bought a human being there.

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) A North Carolina judge has ruled the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association did not discriminate against a former black employee....

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With yearly budget problems bedeviling the National Council of Churches, the ecumenical body recently finished taking a six-month look at what structural changes would enable the organization to co...

Muslim worshipers are reeling from an arson fire at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, but are grateful for an outpouring of support from the local and national interfaith community....

Mitt Romney angered evangelicals during his first White House run in 2008 by blurring the theological lines between their faith and his Mormonism....

The Guardian calls our attention to an "ideal church show" taking place yesterday and today in Manchester. Not New Hampshire, the other one, in the North of England. Now, ordinarily a church supplies expo wouldn't capture much of our attention, besotted as it is with term papers and reality television. But the Guardian notes that this particular gathering will include a clerical fashion show, apparently featuring bespoke garments for the ecclesiastical set.

The possibly-spiritual-but-definitely-not-religious are growing in ranks, says the Pew Forum, and the resulting Nones On the Bus blogo-tour is as usual drawing good crowds. Paul Waldman highlights one interesting subpoint: the Nones are growing not just more plentiful but also more Democratic. He credits Republican hostility to nonbelievers.

New today from the Century: Melisa Goss on human trafficking, Walter Brueggemann reviews Jon Levenson, more.

As long ago as 1996, Jon Levenson wrote an important article, “The Universal Horizon of Biblical Particularism.” In that piece he reflected on the way in which the Hebrew Bible adjudicated the part...

Spellman is more conscious of her losses than most people. Her mother died of breast cancer when she was 12....

Almost half of those who identify with the Tea Party movement are conservative evangelicals....

Dionne maintains that the conten­tiousness in contemporary U.S. politics is rooted in our history....

Halloween's tradition of shadowy characters makes it as good a time as any to think on the reality of evil, sin and death that besets us.

Much has been said about Pulpit Freedom Sunday already, but there's still a thing or two to add. First, let's talk about the political and legal aspects of the story. Reuters says it's "not entirely clear" why the IRS hasn't gone after churches making endorsements in recent years. I’d say the reason is actually pretty clear: the U.S. House of Representatives.

Michigan pastor Kent Clark loves him some Paul Ryan but doesn't think Mitt Romney is a Christian. Not a problem for anyone involved. As we learned last month from Pew (pdf), being a Mormon doesn't really hurt a person's chances among evangelical voters, even though many of them agree with Clark.

New today from the Century: Daniel Schultz on Pulpit Freedom Sunday, Edward Blum reviews John Turner's Brigham Young bio, more.

Brigham Young, unlike Joseph Smith, played no role in the translation of the Book of Mormon. He never ran for president of the United States, as Smith did in 1844....

Our fall books issue includes the following annotated lists of top new titles: New Testament, practical theology and world Christianity/American religion.