After a minister, a seminary president, and a former Goldman Sachs partner suggested in The Daily Beast that Goldman create a fund to invest in small businesses, the firm did just that. But now they say the Wall Street behemoth's path to redemption has just begun.

What is the proper role of religion -- and personal religious belief -- in the U.S. armed forces?

Is nuclear disarmament a religious issue? Is it a pro-life issue? Is support for nuclear disarmament a moral imperative?

Do weapons belong in worship? Should clergy be armed? Do the Ten Commandments trump the Second Amendment?

How should religion be taught in public schools?

Congress is expected to expand federal hate crimes laws to add "sexual orientation." Is this necessary?

The conservative Christian group Focus on the Family is sponsoring a pro-life ad, featuring football star Tim Tebow, during Sunday's Super Bowl. Should CBS show the ad? Should CBS allow other faith-based groups to buy Super Bowl ads promoting their beliefs on social issues? Is a major sporting event, or a TV ad campaign, an appropriate venue for discussing such vital and divisive culture-war issues like abortion?

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is recommending that the U.S. government develop a strategy to make religion 'integral' to American foreign policy. Should U.S. foreign policy get religion?

I cut my teeth in ministry licking envelopes for the Nuclear Freeze Campaign in a stuffy office in a rundown church some thirty years ago with my fierce and fearless mentor, the Rev. Jan Orr-Harter.

The notion of a shooting in our local church, synagogue or mosque is, for most of us, unimaginable.