As the hajj comes to an end, Muslims distribute meat to the poor and recall Abraham's willingness to offer his son to God.

"What binds us together and what binds God to us is food," says Father Leo Patalinghug, a Roman Catholic priest who has his own cooking show.

Read more of Kim Lawton's interview with Father Leo and watch him talk about his television cook-off with celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay.

Religious communities are part of a growing movement across America that is concerned with the ethics of how food is grown and how it gets to our tables.

"Every time you eat, you give expression to what you think the world ought to be," says Norman Wirzba, a professor of theology, ecology, and rural life at Duke Divinity School.

Jack Hinton says fasting involves "introspection and deep contemplation of your own spiritual state."

Watch Candy Hill, senior vice president of Catholic Charities USA, discuss the growing problem of hunger in America.

As the hajj comes to an end, Muslims distribute meat to the poor and recall Abraham's willingness to offer his son to God.

Watch more of Kim Lawton’s interviews with Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, and Rev. Debra Haffner, executive director of the Religious Institute.

"What binds us together and what binds God to us is food," says Father Leo Patalinghug, a Roman Catholic priest who has his own cooking show.

Read more of Kim Lawton's interview with Father Leo and watch him talk about his television cook-off with celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay.

In inner cities across the United States, high numbers of African-American men are caught up in the criminal justice system. It’s costly to keep them in prison, and it's also costly to the communities they leave behind.

In the ongoing national debate about the morality of torture, the question is whether it is ever the lesser evil. Under certain circumstances, can torture be justified? Two ethicists, Shaun Casey and Jean Bethke Elshtain, discuss torture and its moral limits.

Tim DeChristopher is a devoted environmentalist who purposely broke the law in an attempt to save land in Utah. Some believe that since he committed a crime, he should be punished. Others think breaking the law was the right thing to do in this situation.

It allows a birth parent to choose the people who will adopt the child and to stay in contact with them and the child.

The notoriously tough maximum security Sing Sing Prison in New York State is a forbidding place, not where you would expect to find a program offering an accredited master’s degree in professional studies in religion. The course is sponsored by the New York Theological Seminary, and it’s been ...

What do religious voices have to say about the economic crisis and the proposals to solve it?

Following the events of September 11th, major Christian and Muslim scholars and religious officials have been working together to find ways believers in each religion can live side by side in peace.

Now, back to the global food crisis. Joining me today is Tony Hall, the former Ohio congressman who was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations humanitarian agencies in Rome.

The rights of the homeless and the rights of people who fear them or don't want to be bothered by them have become an issue in the glittery playground that is Las Vegas. Advocates say the homeless are being harassed by police, while city officials respond that too many of the homeless just don't ...