
Bertie Pearson knows it seems suspicious. A church hosting great music and art on Saturday night-that isn't making the soft sell for Sunday...

According to Financial Times's latest Harris Poll, more than half the voters in France favor a law banning women from wearing the burka in public....

America has always been a religious country. But a recent study finds that might be changing; The percent of the country who considers...

Different ways of naming the godless.
In the era of bestselling pro-atheist books by Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins...

The word faith often refers to a belief in something not based on proof. From that perspective, the idea of attempting to photograph it would...

This piece from the BBC is profoundly disturbing:
Coded references to biblical passages are inscribed on gunsights widely used by the US and...

Repentance, reflection and self-sacrifice are observed in the days of Christian Lent. These 40 days symbolize the time that Jesus spent in the...

Michael Roth, the president of Weslyan University, penned a poignant essay on The Huffington Post last Friday in response to a Washington Post...

Sure, it's all in the name of promoting a new book, but Vanity Fair has a new interactive feature that allows you answer its trademark...

As we slowly get back into gear after another raucous Fourth of July, we still have nine and a half weeks until Labor Day, the next holiday...

Jag Bhalla collects the world's odd idioms and out-dated metaphors.
When describing you to prospective dates and employers, do friends say you...

Richards Powers wrote his new novel by dictation. Does that affect the quality?
Richard Powers' new novel, Generosity, was published this week....

Ten years of trucker hats, bad TV, and social media.
It's been a colorful decade in culture. Green became the new black, black became the new...

John Lennon said a lot of great things: "I am the Walrus," "All you need is love," and "The people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the...

Show City The city could be a theater. Every citizen could be a writer, an actor, a director, and a stage-hand. Cities would match up those with...

This time-lapse video condenses the long, cold process of pulling US Airways Flight 1549 from the Hudson into 5 minutes. Complete with...

nEven in these tough economic times, Americans are still taking the time to volunteer in their communities. See where inside.

According to new research from psychologists at Florida State University, praying works. Not at getting God to do stuff (that's hard to test) but...

This helpful chart (full version here) explains curling, the most confounding sport of the Winter Olympics. Basically it's shuffleboard with...