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“I don’t see any special right in the Constitution or elsewhere that allows a church to take money and discriminate,” says the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. More
A recent event at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC celebrated Native American spirituality and apologized to native peoples of the US for past wrongs. More
Ethicists and religious leaders are only just beginning to think about the moral questions and ethical consequences of unmanned weapons systems. More
How have religion in general and the King James Bible in particular figured in America’s literary history? More
Watch religion scholar Stephen Prothero, author of the new book “God Is Not One,” discuss why all religions are not different paths to the same God and why distinctions among religions matter. More
Watch excerpts from an interfaith service at the United Nations where people from many religious traditions gathered to pray for the abolition of nuclear weapons. More
Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman discusses Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s visit to the UN this week, the lack of civility in American public discourse, and ongoing Jewish concerns about the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany. More
Go behind the scenes with the Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly crew on their recent reporting trip to Haiti. More
Watch the scene outside the Supreme Court on April 19 following oral arguments in the case of Christian Legal Society v Martinez. More
Benyamin Cohen has written a book about his year-long exploration of Christianity, and he uses what he learned to reflect on the meaning of his own Jewish faith. More