Evangelicals and U2's singer try to figure each other out.

In The Rookie, reconciliation is even tougher work than breaking into the majors

A conversation with novelist Christopher Moore

The latest on the Burnhams, a patron saint for Harry Potter wannabes, and the expanded territory of Jabez

Loads of stories about celebrating Easter in the midst of violence, scandal, terror, and chocolate

Why ransoming the Burnhams is immoral, growing interest in Jesus, and other stories from online sources around the world

A reader responds to In the Words of Charles Colson?

The critics start their Year's Best lists early, with the G-rated baseball flick The Rookie. Plus: Panic Room, Death to Smoochy, Clockstoppers, and new reviews of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and Ghost World

More on Colson's CT column dispute, taking aim at JerryFalwell.com, and other stories from online sources around the world

The latest on the Burnhams, who killed MLK, and many other stories from online sources around the world

Washington's struggle to sell the American image overseas illustrates how sharply today's reality differs from seventeenth-century ideals

Blasphemy, rage, memory, and meaning of the Shoah

A detailed response to accusations that Sudanese slave redemptions were faked

Mainliners support the Palestinians, evangelicals support Israel, and churches keep burning

How do faith-based groups maintain their original focus when rapidly growing in influence, scope, and professionalism?

Church of Ireland holds heresy trial for dean who wants to ignore Jesus

What Christian critics are saying about Big Trouble, High Crimes, Van Wilder, Kissing Jessica Stein, Son of the Bride, and other movies

Public is 4-to-1 against all human cloning, but Senate is evenly split on comprehensive ban

It's easier to fight than to pray, says Peggy Noonan, but prayer is the only answer

When Martin Luther stood up for his ideas at the Diet of Worms, did he really say, Here I stand?

State Department supported secret ransom payment over Pentagon's objections

Was the Holocaust God's will?

Plus: Beliefnet's bubble pops

No news is bad news at the Church of the Nativity, and other stories from online sources around the world

Economic struggles and criticism smudge Thomas Kinkade's work

Christian organizations decry decision as judicial activism

Saira's plight prompts a journalist to reflect on truth and culture

What critics are saying about Changing Lanes, Frailty, The Sweetest Thing, The Other Side of the Mountain, Y Tu Mamá También, and other films.

Dobson and others want kids out of public schools, and more stories from online sources around the world

Tom DeLay on Baylor's Christianity, Sinéad O'Connor on clergy abuse, and other stories from around the world

The author of Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 talks about why politicians listen to Bono

In the twelfth century, an intellectual challenge to church authority proved much more dangerous than a sex scandal

Now that the evangelical satire magazine isn't just satirizing evangelicalism, it's not all that funny anymore

Are conservative Christians upset with Bush?

Two remarkable collections of Holocaust testimony

Were Burnhams' abductors responsible for Philippine bombings? And other stories from online sources around the world

Successful evangelism strategies have added new components to the traditional model of home visitation.

Incubus and Green Day play in church, and other stories from online sources around the world

Critics respond to The Scorpion King, Murder by Numbers, and Crush

Success for Bush's faith-based initiative, and other stories from online sources around the world

Regional officials gain broad new controls over religious activity

The Dove Awards, Pat Robertson's racehorses, and other stories from online sources around the world

Evangelizing on-the-go Americans only seems harder than it used to be

The uniqueness of the Jews

Fourteen Christians slain in Indonesia, two Nigerian Christians escape the death penalty, and other stories from online sources around the world

Bush delivers a testimony, and alleged sex abuse victims accuse the Vatican of a cover-up

Newsweek looks at Catholicism, National Day of Prayer, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Christian critics applaud Joshua, but mainstream viewers are shaking their heads. What might be the problem? Also: Reviews of Life or Something Like It, The Cat's Meow, Jason X, and Changing Lanes

Fire in the Church of the Nativity and other stories from online sources around the world

Christian leaders issue second Statement of Conscience

Increasingly, Christians are harassed, arrested, interrogated, imprisoned, fined, or killed because of their religious beliefs and practices

Human Rights Watch accuses Indian officials of role in Gujarat violence and other stories from online sources around the world

We are increasingly convinced that we can do a better job having everything here as it once was.

Is the main character in the church's story God, transforming faith, or an inspired yet wayward community?

Christianity Today places within the top five in eight categories

If passed, Hawaii would have joined Oregon as the only states with such laws.

"American 'roots' music (a la the Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou?) is making a comeback for reasons Christians can readily understand."

A multi-genre film explores life after death—with maddening results.