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Political Islam on defensive across the Middle East

by Oren Dorell

Is God an angry ogre? Presbyterians and Baptists debate

by Bob Smietana

Reformers want Congress to end ban on pulpit politicking

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Lutherans elect female presiding bishop

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

D.C. church recalls real butler as quiet man of steady faith

by Adelle M. Banks

Lutherans elect Elizabeth Eaton first female presiding bishop of ELCA

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

ACLU says magistrate can’t order ‘Messiah’ name change

by Bob Smietana

Jean Bethke Elshtain, 72, Christian ethicist

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Catholic gift stores see a (papal) bull market

by David Gibson

Insurance gap looms for small churches

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Assemblies of God posts impressive numbers

by Mark I. Pinsky

Evangelical ‘messy middle’ is more accepting of gays

by Corrie Mitchell

Ethicist Shaun Casey to oversee religious engagement for State Department

by Lauren Markoe

Robert Bellah, influential religion scholar, dies at 86

by John Dart

Gay couple may sue Church of England to wed in church

by Trevor Grundy

Pope Francis, the improbable pop culture icon

by Jeffrey Weiss

Presbyterians stir debate by omitting popular hymn

by Bob Smietana

Zambian chief touts adult circumcision

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

Anniversary of shooting

by Kim Lawton

Moderate churches face a particular challenge

by Jeff Brumley

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