"The institution of the kibbutz has survived its first century, but the hope of pioneering a new and better model of human society has not," writes J.J. Goldberg at Forward. This month marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of...

Ann Neumann: John Paul Stevens retires. Read James Toobin's profile of the Supreme Court justice from last month at the New Yorker here. Read Sarah Posner's post on religion and the court here. James Oliphant at the LA Times. At...

At bloggingheads.tv (via Immanent Frame), two professors discuss what it means to be black and Christian: Eddie Glaude Jr. is the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton; Joseph Sorett is an Assistant Professor in...

McKay Coppins at Mormon Times asked his readers what they think of Glenn Beck....

Ann Neumann: Are you shopping for a new liturgical calendar? (h/t @TexasBishop)...

Elissa Lerner: Plenty of confusing news about dietary laws lately. First, there was the whole lox fiasco, claiming that the beloved Jewish bagel topping was not kosher due to parasites in salmon. Unfortunately, few news organizations noticed when that was...

Ann Neumann: Today the Heritage Foundation -- called the most influential conservative think tank in DC with more than 600,000 members and formidable corporate (and foreign government) funding -- announced the formation of what it's calling an advocacy organization that...

Ann Neumann: What do you get when you mix Buddhism and Punk Rock? Meditate and Destroy....

Ann Neumann: Fewer Friends: Bart Stupak (D-Mich) who reclined in relative anonymity in the House until last November when he wrote an amendment with Joe Pitts (R-PA) to prevent any of the federally administrated plans in the health care bill...

Ann Neumann: Speaking of Talk to Action: two of their writers, Chip Berlet and Fredrick Clarkson, have posts up at Religion Dispatches. Clarkson writes, "Many challenges face those who think about, analyze and report on the Religious Right (let alone...

Ann Neumann: Bruce Wilson at Talk to Action: In the Philippines ITN teams [International Transformation Network] are indoctrinating, by government order, the entire 100,000-plus officers of the Philippine national police force with an ITN "transformation" course based on Rick Warren's...

Ann Neumann: Don't miss Sarah Posner's post on religion and the Supreme Court justices, an issue that comes to the fore as John Paul Stevens approaches retirement. Six of the current nine justices belong to one denomination....

Ann Neumann: Joel and Victoria Osteen, wealthy leaders of the largest church in the U.S., have succeeded because they trusted that God wanted them to. A profile by David A. Patten....

Sojourners has just published a Covenant for Civility that seeks to "offer a message of hope and reconciliation to a nation that is deeply divided by political and cultural differences." Some of the organizations represented? World Vision, Habitat for Humanity,...

Ann Neumann: Bishop of the Church of Big Business, Steve Forbes, just emailed me to ask that I tithe my $10 to help fight "Big Labor's Card Check Forced Unionism" bill ... also known as the Employee Free Choice Act....

Let's say your congregation forsakes it's denomination for another. Who owns the building you meet in every week? On April 13 the Virginia Supreme Court will hear a case brought from Northern Virginia which asks who owns the property of...

In a country that's 90% Catholic but has a tradition of rigid church-state separation, the legalization of abortion and gay marriage in Mexico City has mobilized the Church. Toss in three political parties, a conservative president and a quickly approaching...

The C Street discount dweller Representative Jerry Moran (R-KS) is firing back at those who charge he was illegally receiving discounted and undeclared housing from The Family, the secretive Christian group profiled in Revealer founder Jeff Sharlet's best seller last...

Ann Neumann: If you're in Georgia, or plan to be over the next two months, you should really make the time to catch Axum, the Israeli-Ethiopian hip-hop duo Judah and Tedross. They're in the U.S. through May for a residency...

In a recent interview with The Catholic Herald, Conservative candidate for British Prime Minister, David Cameron, began to stake out his primary campaign issues: lowering the limit on abortion from 24 weeks to 20-22; allowing religious schools to teach sex...