Steve Kloehn

When the National Conference of Catholic Bishops took a tentative step into the world of the secular media last year, religion did not even make the script. The bishops conference...

Hugs, smiles, self-deprecating jokes-- last weekend's Saviours' Day ceremony in Chicago was not the sort of event for which Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has become known over the...

It is the nature of news--religious news as much as any other news--that the extremes get much of the attention. Movement is easier to see near the edges than it...

Tributes to Charles Schulz this week concentrated mostly on the cute, marketable, happiness-is-a-warm-puppy side of his "Peanuts" comic strip. But it would be a mistake to overlook Schulz's cold-puppy work....

It's only fair. Last year, even as reporters were chasing down signs of religion in public life, a squadron of researchers at Northwestern University was tallying the ways in which...

Over 2,000 years of Christianity, bishops have accumulated and shed a great variety of symbolic accoutrements--robes, hats, rings, seals, coats of arms. But perhaps the most enduring sign of a...

Every great idea from the world of religion can be found somewhere on the Internet, with the possible exception of humility. Consider the following claims made in recent weeks by...

From a small town in southern Indiana, news of the latest contortion over religious expression in public: Motivated by that most American of emotions, fear of litigation, Scott County School...

The heavy hitters--the U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, presidential candidates--have said some favorable things in recent years about religion and its place in American society. But to see how religion really...

In the secular world, these early days of January can seem a little barren. Back to work, back to school. The decorations are coming down, and underneath, 2000 bears a...