The boast of imperial science.

Plus: When Halloween season really starts bleeding into Christmastime, and other stories from around the world.

Plus: Burying the cloning ban in a big hole, rescuing the Burnhams, criticizing modern missions, and other stories.

Conservatives say liberals failed in effort to set precedent.

Jihad fighters foiled in initial bid to massacre Tentena Christians.

Under what circumstances is it appropriate for Christians to worship or pray with non-Christians?

Plus: Pax TV is in trouble, and other stories from media around the world.

Plus: Billy Graham gets knighted and other stories.

When does the holiday season really start?

Rising interest in spiritual answers to terrorism isn't limited to U.S.

Separate murders follow Bahawalpur massacre.

Does the church have an answer?

When is a faith-based initiative not a faith-based initiative?

The return of William Dembski, a creationist museum, and other stories.

Church will send short-term mission to Afghanistan in the spring

Rock, country, and Christian artists find inspiration in September 11's terrorist attacks.

Uncertain future for Britain's proposed religious hatred bill, and other stories.

Christian leaders allege that a current education proposal promotes Hindu nationalism.

As everyone talks about The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, critics also get around to reviewing Ocean's Eleven, In the Bedroom, and The Business of Strangers

The Pope's words are in the ear of the headline writer, and other stories

Nigeria's ongoing tragedies, and other stories from around the world.

A truly traditional tree would be unrecognizable—and flammable.

Part 1: The Top Ten

The Observer's weird tale of Christian rock, religious conservatives watch Bush, and other stories

The Kainos Community drafts new proposals after the British prison system denies use of public funds.

The latest on the Burnhams, faking out the Salvation Army, and other stories

Andrew Thompson and others agree that some Christians have a false understanding of what Harry Potter is about.

The annual December dilemma finds public institutions striving to be sensitive to all faiths

Omega lawsuit update, divinity school dean resigns over financial controversy, and other stories.

The island nation reels from an ethnic conflict which has claimed more than 64,000 lives since 1983.

A very disturbing ad from a Christian aid organization, and other stories.

The Salvation Army in Moscow, the religion story of the millennium, and other articles from around the world.

Critics grope for superlatives for The Fellowship of the Ring. Plus: Vanilla Sky and Not Another Teen Movie.

The history behind a Yuletide institution

Is George Bush now leader of the religious right?

Big stars in big movies storm the box office, but little animated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius stands up to the competition

An imperfect God, no news on the Burnhams, and other articles from around the world

Harry Potter has magic. Lord of the Rings has magic. Harry Potter has wizards, dark evil, and an unlikely hero who overcomes obstacles with friendship and courage. So does Lord of the Rings. Yet reactions from conservative Christian critics have not been so similar.

What are Christian leaders resolving for 2002?

The Christian Coalition settles its race case

As American and Philippine politicians discuss freeing the Burnhams, an American missionary is killed in Uganda.

Some would like to forget that Christmas—and religion in general—has political significance.

The FBI investigates fraud charges at the Christian Coalition, and other news.

A sad ending to a church vandalism investigation, and other stories.

After the top ten, here's the best of the rest.

The event he recounted more than 280 times in his sermons first occurred on January 6, 1850.