Courts differ on whether messages are state or individual speech.

High-profile cases underscore stakes for next nominee.

Charges sound eerily familiar to Latin American missionaries.

Recent stats on religious and non-religious politics, Russia's abortion rate, and views on evolution.

What Americans really think about science: astonishing new polling data.

Saving Darfur, suing against emergency contraceptives, allowing Muslims in Sunday school, and vetoing gay marriage.

Victims and pundits grope for meaning, political and religious.

Where are the voices from the Christian community on cruel and degrading treatment of detainees?

University says Christian group can require beliefs, behavior of its members.

The debate on when the unborn feel pain heats up.

The Majority Leader's contradictions mirror the opinions of the public at large.

New Air Force religion guidelines get mixed response.

Remember Prop. 71? Stem-cell research supporters hope voters don't remember the promises they made.

Evangelicals condemn Protestant rioting.

The little-known story of the stem cells that actually work.

Unless Africa tames corruption, new aid efforts will fail.

Recent quotes on Pat Robertson, salesman pastors, school prayer extremists, and Intelligent Design.

The man who led the President's Council on Bioethics brought protests from the industry and directed groundbreaking studies.

Northern Ireland evangelicals: Laying down arms not enough.