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Many believers wonder what's best for their children—Christian or public education. Two Dallas schools suggest an answer

Skip the latest ballot reviews and read Italo Calvino's brilliant election novella The Watcher.

John Gregory Dunne suggests imperialistic Americans got what they deserved at Pearl Harbor

"The Ascension has been forgotten in many Protestant churches, jettisoning an essential part of the Christian story."

The Chronicle of Higher Education infuses some not-so-subtle bigotry into its fetal-tissue research coverage

Christianity is in the midst of a massive global shift. But how much of a difference is it making in its new homelands?

"At a media luncheon in Washington about Bush's faith-based initiatives, answered questions get asked one more time"

"Recent articles in Touchstone, Commonweal, and The New York Times serve as reminders that faith is not merely a private thing."

A Salon.com essay accuses the Intelligent Design movement of being primarily an arm of conservative Republicans and the religious right.

"Once in a great while, a film like Kieslowski's The Decalogue discovers how to transport an audience."

Arne Bergstrom has looked suffering square in the eye all over the world. Now he sings about hope.

"The winner of the 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion rejects everything resembling Christian orthodoxy, but that doesn't stop him from co-opting the language."

Pearl S. Buck's tireless work for the weak belied her own disappointment with mainline Christianity.

Like much popular art, the finale of Inspector Morse functions like a dream of the collective unconscious.

A conspiracy theorist claims the church is becoming too feminized

Touchstone magazine examines God the Father and human fatherhood

In James Davison Hunter's The Hedgehog Review, academics nibble on the hands that feed them