Religion, spirituality, and sacrilege.

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• Bring Out the Kwanzaa Kinara OK, the holiday is made-up. But for my family it was useful.
  Melonyce McAfee Dec. 23, 2005
  
• "Who are my mother and my brothers?" The Gospels don't preach family values.
  Lauren Winner Dec. 23, 2005
  
• The Maccabees and the Hellenists Hanukkah as Jewish civil war.
  James Ponet Dec. 22, 2005
  
• Eluding Happiness A Buddhist problem with Christmas.
  Jess Row Dec. 22, 2005
  
• The Earthly Father What if Mary wasn't a virgin?
  Chloe Breyer Dec. 22, 2005
  
• What Would Baby Jesus Say? Nothing, of course.
  Jack Miles Dec. 22, 2005
  
• The War on Christmas, the Prequel When the holiday was banned.
  Andrew Santella Dec. 21, 2005
  
• Witches' Brew at Winter Solstice How Wiccans do themselves in.
  Mark Oppenheimer Dec. 21, 2005
  
• The Sin Box Why have Catholics stopped lining up at the confessional?
  Andrew Santella Nov. 17, 2005
  
• Hands Across Catholic America Should churchgoers hold hands during Mass?
  Andrew Santella Oct. 31, 2005
  
• History of the World, Part 2 Jewish conspiracy theory: the satire.
  Joshua Neuman Oct. 21, 2005
  
• The View at Valley View What kind of Christian is Harriet Miers' church?
  Lauren Winner Oct. 14, 2005
  
• Anti-Gay Auto-Da-Fé The perverse and vicious campaign to ban homosexuals from Catholic seminaries.
  Michael Sean Winters Sept. 28, 2005
  
• The View From Saturday Secular Israelis try to rescue the Sabbath.
  Judith Shulevitz July 29, 2005
  
• Quranic Etiquette Why my Egyptian doorman ate my homework.
  Lee Smith May 17, 2005
  
• The Power of the Mustard Seed Why strict churches are strong.
  Judith Shulevitz May 12, 2005
  
• Benedict XVI Habemus papam, vivat status quo.
  Jack Miles April 19, 2005
  
• Send a Message to God He has gone too far this time.
  Heather Mac Donald Jan. 10, 2005
  
• The Morals of the Story Does Jim Wallis' leftist, Bible-based book get it right?
  Elizabeth A. Castelli Jan. 4, 2005