Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still ...

Wild horses couldn’t drag me away from writing more about this fascinating subject; but a space-conscious editor might.

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We dress up as someone else – just as Esther hid her identity (the name ...

Over two thousand years, the Ramayana has accumulated several layers, troubling both the liberal and the orthodox factions.

The term sounds odd indeed, conjuring up images of Jesus with an impressively chiselled physique or, for devotees of the eighties, Vangelis’ memorable soundtrack to Chariots of Fire. However ...