The second part of the big study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has been released.
The second part of the big study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has been released. We have given a good deal of attention to the study, and the new material adds a few interesting wrinkles. Contra the wishful thinking of Jim Wallis Democrats and...

The Hudson Institute to Host Lunchtime Discussion of Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion on Tuesday, December 16, 2008.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, in partnership with The Media Project of The Oxford Centre for Religion & Public Life, will host a panel discussion of the new book Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion. Co-edited by Paul Marshall, Lela Gilbert,...

"To blame religion for the wars conducted in its name is like blaming love for the Trojan War," writes Roger Scruton of Oxford University and the Institute for Psychological Studies in Washington.
"To blame religion for the wars conducted in its name is like blaming love for the Trojan War," writes Roger Scruton of Oxford University and the Institute for Psychological Studies in Washington. The book is Religion and the American Future, essays from a conference at the American Enterprise Institute....

Ciudadania, migraciones, y religion: Un dialogo etico desde la fe cristiana.
CIUDADANIA, MIGRACIONES, Y RELIGION: UN DIALOGO ETICO DESDE LA FE CRISTIANA. By Julio L. Martinez. Teologia Comillas 3. Madrid: San Pablo, 2007. Pp. 617. 22 [euro]. Martinez's title is initially puzzling since it includes concepts (citizenship, migration, and religion) that are not necessarily or immediately related within...

Doing Justice to Mercy: Religion, Law, and Criminal Justice.
DOING JUSTICE TO MERCY: RELIGION, LAW, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Edited by Jonathan Rothchild, Matthew Myer Boulton, and Kevin Jung. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 2007. Pp. xi + 280. $49.50; $19.50. Clark Gilpin captures the spirit of this excellent collection by asking "What can theology contribute to a...

Off The Menu: Asian and Asian North American Women's Religion and Theology.
OFF THE MENU: ASIAN AND ASIAN NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN'S RELIGION AND THEOLOGY. Edited by Rita Nakashima Brock, Jung Ha Kim, Kwok Pui-Lan, and Seung Ai Yang. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007. Pp. xxi + 341. $49.95. A quick bibliographical search for North American women theology demonstrates how...

Pascal's Fire: Scientific Faith and Religious Understanding.
PASCAL'S FIRE: SCIENTIFIC FAITH AND RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING. By Keith Ward. Oxford: Oneworld, 2006. Pp. xiv + 270. $14.95. Ward does not hesitate to tackle big issues. He recently finished a monumental four-volume study of comparative theology (Religion and Revelation; ... Creation; ... Human Nature; ... Community [1994-2000])....

The Equal-Regard Family and Its Friendly Critics: Don Browning and the Practical Theological Ethics of the Family.
THE EQUAL-REGARD FAMILY AND ITS FRIENDLY CRITICS: DON BROWNING AND THE PRACTICAL THEOLOGICAL ETHICS OF THE FAMILY. Edited by John Witte Jr., M. Christian Green, and Amy Wheeler. Religion, Marriage, and Family. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2007. Pp. xxii + 284. $34. Released as a companion Festschrift...

On Faith Launches 'Women on Faith'.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-26 November 2008-On Faith Launches 'Women on Faith'(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com On Faith, the joint washingtonpost.com and Newsweek feature devoted to the intersection of religion and news, launched an online reader discussion group on women and spirituality and values called "Women on Faith.""Women on Faith"...

In the same book, Stephen Barr responds to a paper by Leon Kass.
In the same book, Stephen Barr responds to a paper by Leon Kass. Both are friends and appear frequently in these pages. Kass, who is a religiously serious Jew, spoke about an inherent conflict between religion and science, the one depending on revelation and the other on reason. Barr...