There is no doubt that religion had already waned under the onslaught of the Enlightenment, but it was Freud who provided the radically new understanding of human nature that made any religious explanation of the whats and whys of our personhood seem naive.

Rituals keep us from forgetting what must not be forgotten and keep us rooted in a past from which we must not be disconnected.

I don't know what to make of the Muslim mystics, especially those who have come to be known as the Sufis. What do they experience in their mystic experiences? Could they have encountered the same God we do in our Christian mysticism?

I'm not convinced that Jesus only lives in Christians.

Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people.

I am looking for suggestions on what we can do about extremists within our own society. They cannot be ignored.

Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives.