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The Society of Biblical Literature, the largest international body of scholars of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and related texts, hopes to assist experts on the Qur’an in creating an indepen...

The psalm appointed for Sunday, despite my reservations expressed on Monday, is quite a piece of liturgica...

Per usual, Ross Douthat is in this post occasionally wise but often infuriating: It’s useful to think of Obama’s stimulus bill and Walker’s budget repair bill as mirror image exercises in legislative shock and awe, and the Tea Party and the Wisconsin labor protests as mirror images of backlash. No, that really isn't useful at all.

New today from the Century: Thomas Lynch on Michael Moore, Jason Byassee on MI-5, more.

Here are some things I read recently but didn't get around to blogging about.

Michael Moore's work is that of a repentant sinner called to bring the news—not all of it good—to folks who would rather do without it.

As a young Methodist pastor, Owens had the good fortune of finding Larry, a retired Baptist pastor, who became his spiritual director....

Why did I spend three and a half days of my life watching all 87 episodes of a soapy spy serial? For Jesus, of course. Also because it's a provocative and relevant series.

Title IX revolutionized sports at the scholastic and collegiate levels. The results show up elsewhere as well.

c. 2012 USA Today NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) Andrew Hamblin's Facebook page is filled with snippets of his life. ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service ATHENS, Ala. (RNS) Black and white. Heaven and hell. Right and wrong. Blur or question those lines, and, well, all hell can break out. ...

c. 2012 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI's former butler is facing up to eight years in jail for allegedly stealing confidential documents from the pope's own desk....

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c. 2012 Religion News Service AUSTIN, Tex....

c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS) The boyhood home of civil rights leader Malcolm X and the neighborhood where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....

The Conservative Jewish movement established guidelines in early June for the marriage of gay and lesbian couples. The reaction so far? Hard to find....

Ever wondered what guys go through when their wives are pregnant? 

I'm tired of seeing public education set up to fail and then blamed for its own failure, with special blame always reserved for teachers.

New today from the Century: The editors on Title IX after 40 years, David Heim reviews Alain de Botton, more.