Today, religious differences may seem more stark than ever. But historian and former nun Karen Armstrong says that religions -- from Confucianism to Judaism -- sprang from a common, violent past. Armstrong joins Kojo to discuss how...
Last weekend, Swiss voters approved a referendum banning the construction of prayer towers for Muslim mosques. We explore what the vote says about religion and multiculturalism in the West.
Catholic Charities is threatening to suspend its work with city government if the D.C. Council moves forward with a proposed same-sex marriage law. We talk with the organization's CEO about religion and public policy.
In the 1950s and '60s, Catholic school meant white shirts, plaid skirts and nuns. Today, nuns in the classroom are rare, and the Catholic school system has shrunk by half since its heyday fifty years ago. Kojo looks at how rising costs...
She grew up speaking Arabic in Morocco, narrowly missed getting rich in the high tech industry, and now teaches writing in California. Novelist and critic Laila Lalami is both a product of globalization and a chronicler of its impact...
His name is little-known in America, but Anthony Benezet made some of the most forceful arguments for abolishing the slave trade in the 18th century. Hear how Benezet translated ideas from Enlightenment philosophy, African travel...