Religion, spirituality, and sacrilege.

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• Crèche Course How the nativity scene, a Christmas staple, has evolved.
  Liesl Schillinger Dec. 21, 2007
  
• Bye-Bye, First Baptist The truly hip church rejects the old naming conventions.
  Jesse Noyes Dec. 21, 2007
  
• Southern Baptists vs. the Mormons Mike Huckabee's and Mitt Romney's faiths have tangled before.
  Neil J. Young Dec. 19, 2007
  
• Thanks, but No Thanks The debate over "the war on Christmas" spreads to Thanksgiving.
  Andrew Santella Nov. 19, 2007
  
• Not All It's Cracked Up To Be Why is the New York Times Magazine saying evangelical Christians are increasingly divided?
  David Sessions Nov. 2, 2007
  
• With Malice Toward Nuns The priest sex-abuse scandal claims some new, elderly victims.
  Melinda Henneberger Oct. 4, 2007
  
• Spray-Fire Atonement How cognitive behavioral psychology can help High Holy Day Jews who repent too much.
  Michael Weiss Sept. 21, 2007
  
• For the Love of Xenu Scientology may be a bizarre faith invented by a sci-fi hack. But it's not a cult.
  Mark Oppenheimer July 31, 2007
  
• The European Problem How American Muslims could become as alienated as European Muslims.
  Moushumi Khan July 24, 2007
  
• What To Expect When You're Expecting a Co-Wife Why American Muslims don't care to legalize polygamy.
  Andrea Useem July 24, 2007
  
• Is Your Muslim Doctor the Enemy? How terrorist groups target middle-class Muslims.
  Eboo Patel July 23, 2007
  
• Removing the Splinter How an American program bridged the gap between China's divided Catholics.
  Adam Minter June 29, 2007
  
• Just Say Noah Evan Almighty's appalling effort to pander to religious moviegoers.
  David Plotz June 22, 2007
  
• Rite Turn Can the Latin Mass make a comeback?
  Andrew Santella May 4, 2007
  
• Saintly Bad Behavior The lives of the saints show us that being holy means being human, not perfect.
  James Martin April 20, 2007
  
• Egeria and the Holy Week Liturgies One woman's travel diary and the difference it made.
  Chloe Breyer April 6, 2007
  
• Haggadah Better Idea Let's stop improving Passover.
  Mark Oppenheimer April 2, 2007
  
• The Passion of the Passover Why Easter doesn't overshadow Passover.
  Shmuel Rosner April 2, 2007
  
• Whitewashing Radical Islam My Year Inside Radical Islam wasn't so extreme after all—and to suggest otherwise is dangerous.
  Holly Lebowitz Rossi March 5, 2007
  
• Going to the Chapel Harvard wasn't the only school to appoint a woman last week.
  Mark Oppenheimer Feb. 19, 2007
  
• The Next Jewish Challenge They've tackled gay ordination. Now it's time to address intermarriage.
  Shmuel Rosner Jan. 17, 2007