Play, faith, ritual and commerce mingle and sometimes clash in the world of religious-themed toys explored in an engaging book by a pair of religious studies professors. Authors Nikki Bado-Fralick and ...

Australian Muslim comedian Frida Deguise got into stand-up by accident. Twelve years ago, she made an off-hand joke to colleagues about all Muslims being "terrorists" and "gangsters". It was at a time ...

Predictions are always hazardous, but here's one I feel pretty good about: 2011 will be remembered as the year when religious freedom came into focus as the premier social and political concern of the ...

Less than a quarter of Americans -- and Christians -- avoid Halloween due to its pagan roots. This is good news. Many believe Halloween originated as a Celtic pagan festival when the souls of the dead ...

REDMOND -- It wasn't a terrible, swift sword that materialized in the yellow and red paint he smeared on a sheet. But to 4-year-old Kyle deBruyn, it was close enough. Here was, if not clarity, ...

Elaine Stritch grew up Catholic but went on to embrace, most of all, a devotion to fun. Her career shows why that matters. “I don’t think I’m gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ...

The viral photo of a young woman in “skimpy” shorts impersonating Jesus’ crucifixion hours after the Good Friday activities in Angeles City, Pampanga has caused quite a stir lately. Pampanga, one of ...