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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Is religion funny? Comedian Eman El Husseini talks to Aleem Maqbool about her belief that religion is itself is funny and how this influences her stand-up material. Show more Is religion funny? Or are ...