Religion, it must be understood, is not faith. Religion is the story of faith.

God doesn't make you a bigot. You're just a bigot.

Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith. But failing to recognize that religion is embedded in culture — and making a blanket judgment about the world’s second largest religion — is simply bigotry.

Authoritarians tend to consolidate support by using fear, but more importantly by driving a wedge among the people that they want to control.

The idea of literalism in the Bible is a very new phenomenon. In many ways, it's a product of the scientific revolution.

In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the views of other religions.

The New Testament is not a historical document.