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Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 10/04/2011

For young evangelicals, can true love wait?

By Joshua Little

Study shows unmarried evangelicals are having sex almost as frequently as everyone else.

By Joshua Little | 12:49 PM ET, 10/04/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:48 PM ET, 09/29/2011

White House statement on Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

By Elizabeth Tenety

The Iranian father and Christian minister has been sentenced to death for refusing to deny his faith.

By Elizabeth Tenety | 03:48 PM ET, 09/29/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 09/28/2011

Google takes the Dead Sea Scrolls online

By Joshua Little

The Dead Sea Scrolls project is just the latest example of how religious leaders and scholars have put modern technology at the service of ancient texts and truths.

By Joshua Little | 10:50 AM ET, 09/28/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:22 PM ET, 09/26/2011

‘Rosh Hashanah Rock Anthem’ riffs on popular song (video)

By Elizabeth Tenety

The High Holidays have never been so cool.

By Elizabeth Tenety | 12:22 PM ET, 09/26/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:47 PM ET, 09/23/2011

‘How Sweet the Sound’: Worship at the Verizon Center

By Jeannine Hunter

It was part competition, part lovefest, but mostly worship experience Wednesday night at the Verizon Center in D.C.

By Jeannine Hunter | 04:47 PM ET, 09/23/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 04:52 PM ET, 09/22/2011

Troy Davis: Beyond ‘an eye for an eye’?

By Joshua Little

Troy Davis was executed Wednesday night, despite vocal protests by religious leaders and civil rights activists.

By Joshua Little | 04:52 PM ET, 09/22/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:30 PM ET, 09/22/2011

Bill Clinton: Rick Perry’s religious beliefs on Israel align him with ‘militant settler groups’

By Elizabeth Tenety

On “Morning Joe” Thursday, Bill Clinton said that Rick Perry’s religious beliefs on Israel aligned him with “some of the more militant settler groups” in Israel.

By Elizabeth Tenety | 12:30 PM ET, 09/22/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:23 PM ET, 09/22/2011

During Rosh Hashanah, some Israel talk with your apples and honey?

By Michelle Boorstein

The Obama campaign in the past few days issued its talking points on Israel, and told Jewish leaders in a conference call that the timing was linked to the Jewish High Holidays.

By Michelle Boorstein | 12:23 PM ET, 09/22/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:40 AM ET, 09/22/2011

Ted Haggard: From scandal, to ministry, to ‘Wife Swap’

By Joshua Little

The scandalized ex-mega-church pastor Ted Haggard will be swapping partners with actor Gary Busey on’Wife Swap,’ adding another twist to Haggard’s unorthodox public life.

By Joshua Little | 09:40 AM ET, 09/22/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:51 PM ET, 09/21/2011

‘For Troy Davis, we pray to the Lord’

By Elizabeth Tenety and Jeannine Hunter

The nun behind ‘Dead Man Walking,’ Pope Benedict and other religious leaders on the execution of Troy Davis.

By Elizabeth Tenety and Jeannine Hunter | 02:51 PM ET, 09/21/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 01:32 PM ET, 09/21/2011

Budget talks, and perhaps politics, threaten U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

By Michelle Boorstein

If it’s not reauthorized by the U.S. Senate in the next few days, the commission may vanish.

By Michelle Boorstein | 01:32 PM ET, 09/21/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 03:35 PM ET, 09/20/2011

Rick Perry: ‘As a Christian . . . I stand with Israel’

By Elizabeth Tenety

Texas’ Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that his Christian faith requires his strong support of Israel.

By Elizabeth Tenety | 03:35 PM ET, 09/20/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 10:59 AM ET, 09/20/2011

Troy Davis’ execution ‘ungodly’ say pastors

By Jeannine Hunter

A number of religious and civil rights leaders have been outspoken on the issue. Davis is scheduled to be executed Wednesday.

By Jeannine Hunter | 10:59 AM ET, 09/20/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:40 PM ET, 09/19/2011

‘Warrior’ movie fights demons

By Jeannine Hunter

What does it mean to be a hero? What do you fight for? How hard is it to overcome one’s demons? And how do you trust someone again when they hurt you so deeply?

By Jeannine Hunter | 12:40 PM ET, 09/19/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:09 PM ET, 09/15/2011

Pat Robertson: Divorce an option for Alzheimer’s patients’ spouses (Video)

By Elizabeth Tenety

The Christian televangelist said in certain cases, it may be ethically permissible for a spouse to divorce a husband or wife stricken with Alzheimer’s disease.

By Elizabeth Tenety | 02:09 PM ET, 09/15/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 09:41 AM ET, 09/12/2011

President Obama’s 9/11 speech: Our faith in God ‘has not changed’ (video)

By Elizabeth Tenety

Today, it is worth remembering what has not changed. Our character as a nation has not changed. Our faith -– in God and in each other –- that has not changed.”

By Elizabeth Tenety | 09:41 AM ET, 09/12/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:25 PM ET, 09/08/2011

What have we learned about religion post-9/11?

By Elizabeth Tenety

What have we learned about religion in the past 10 years? What was the spiritual impact of 9/11?

By Elizabeth Tenety | 12:25 PM ET, 09/08/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 02:56 PM ET, 09/07/2011

Rick Warren to hold 9/11 service

By Jeannine Hunter

The influential Christian minister said his decision to hold the religious event was a response to Mayor Bloomberg’s exlusion of prayer from the official N.Y. memorial.

By Jeannine Hunter | 02:56 PM ET, 09/07/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 09/01/2011

Rick Santorum to Piers Morgan: Believing ‘eternal truths’ on homosexuality is not ‘bigotry’

By Elizabeth Tenety

The GOP presidential candidate rejected the claim that upholding the Catholic Church’s views on homosexuality constitutes “bigotry.”

By Elizabeth Tenety | 12:49 PM ET, 09/01/2011 | Permalink | Comments ( 0)

Under God: October, 2011