Rev. Moon, A 'Savior' To Some, Lived A Big Dream
Rev. Sun Myung Moon died Sunday at age 92. The controversial founder of the Unification Church was known for attracting young converts in the 1970s and for conducting mass weddings.Sun Myung Moon was...
View ArticleAnti-Islam Film Crafted To Provoke, Experts Say
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne. Good morning.For many Muslims, the film that sparked at least some...
View ArticleText Reignites Debate: Did Jesus Have A Wife?
A Harvard researcher says a "new gospel" written on a fragment of papyrus shows some early Christians believed Jesus had a wife. The fragment — which scholars believe was written in the fourth century...
View ArticleBoth Candidates Leave God Off The Campaign Trail
Religion used to be everywhere in the presidential elections. George W. Bush courted conservative believers in 2004. In 2008, Sarah Palin excited evangelicals and — unexpectedly — so did Barack...
View ArticleSisters And Vatican II: A Generational Tug Of War
Fifty years ago, Pope John XXIII launched a revolution in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council opened on Oct. 11, 1962, with the goal of bringing the church into the modern world. Catholics...
View ArticleShift In Mormon Age Policy Widens Women's Options
Hannon Young was listening with only half an ear during the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints earlier this month when Church President Thomas S. Monson started...
View ArticleVoters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
As Americans go to the polls, one of the closest presidential races in years may be determined by a state in the Midwest and a hurricane named Sandy.After a campaign that has cost some $6 billion, the...
View ArticleVoters To Settle Tight And Turbulent Presidential Battle
Americans elected Barack Obama to a second term Tuesday, with the president capturing or on the verge of winning all of the key states that had been at the center of his hard-fought campaign against...
View ArticleFor Religious Conservatives, Election Was A 'Disaster'
Many religious conservatives thought this might be the year of an evangelical comeback, when voters would throw President Obama out because of his support of same-sex marriage and abortion, and his...
View ArticleMormonism: A Scrutinized, Yet Evolving Faith
Mitt Romney refused to mix religion with politics in this year's presidential campaign, but that didn't repress people's curiosity about Mormonism. His candidacy brought the homegrown faith into the...
View ArticleAfter Tragedy, Nonbelievers Find Other Ways To Cope
The Mile High Gliding facility at the Boulder Airport in Colorado is one of Carol Fiore's favorite haunts. And it's a perfect day for flying: clear, breezy and with a gorgeous view of the Rocky...
View ArticleBishops Launch 2-Week Campaign Against Health Law
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launches what it's calling the "Fortnight for Freedom" on Thursday — two weeks of praying and fasting because the bishops believe the church's religious freedom...
View ArticleFeeling Under Siege, Catholic Leadership Shifts Right
The Catholic Church is drawing a line in the sand. Perceiving its core beliefs to be under threat from popular culture, the White House and even Catholics themselves, the Vatican and the U.S....
View ArticleEvangelicals Fight Over Therapy To 'Cure' Gays
Supporters call it "conversion therapy." Critics call it "praying away the gay." Whatever name you use, it's creating a ruckus in Christian circles about whether a person can change his or her sexual...
View ArticleOlympians' Dilemma: 'Starve My Soul' For Ramadan?
Mazen Aziz, representing Egypt in the 2012 Summer Olympics, has trained for the 10,000-meter, open-water swim for years. It's a grueling race that can take upwards of 1 hour and 45 minutes, depending...
View ArticleThe Most Influential Evangelist You've Never Heard Of
David Barton says Americans have been misled about their history. And he aims to change that. "It's what I would call historical reclamation," Barton explains, in his soft but rapid-fire voice. "We're...
View ArticleBiden And Ryan Share Faith, But Not Worldview
When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney selected Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his running mate, Catholics passed a milestone. For the first time in history, both vice presidential...
View ArticleThe Risks And Rewards Of Romney's Faith Story
Mitt Romney's speech to the Republican National Convention on Thursday will be his chance to tell his story to the world. Perhaps the most unique part of that story is his devout Mormon faith. Romney...
View ArticleAmerican Taliban Sues For Religious Freedom
Should Muslims convicted of terrorism be allowed to gather together in prison to pray? That's the question being raised by John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban. The U.S. citizen converted...
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