Reformation historian, award-winning memoirist, and Cuban émigré Carlos Eire says reading the medieval devotional book "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas à Kempis was, for him, "a conversion experience."

Writer Mary Karr says what struck her about Catholicism "wasn't the grandeur of the Mass, it was the simple faith of the people" and "the carnality of the church. There was a body on the cross."

A progressive evangelical says how you cut the federal deficit is a moral question.

Benyamin Cohen wrote a book about his year-long exploration of Christianity and used what he learned to reflect on the meaning of his own Jewish faith.

The director of the Presbyterian Church USA's Public Witness, Compassion, Peace and Justice Ministry speaks about neighbor, family, faith, and immigration reform.

Benyamin Cohen wrote a book about his year-long exploration of Christianity, and he used what he learned to reflect on the meaning of his own Jewish faith.

In his new book on the difference between faith and belief, this Harvard professor and scholar of religion says what it means to be religious is shifting significantly as the 21st century unfolds.

Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview in Cambridge, Massachusetts with theologian and Harvard professor Harvey Cox.

Political philosopher Tod Lindberg, author of "The Political Teachings of Jesus," reflects on the role of values in presidential approaches to foreign policy and how to translate ethics into policy.