Part five of a five-part series: Concluding RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY’s five-part series “Exploring Religious America,” Bob Abernethy speaks with experts John Green, Robert Franklin, and Peter Steinfels about the findings of the survey. Topics include scandal in the Catholic church, spirituality versus tradition, America’s increasing religious diversity, and whether true interfaith understanding is possible. More →

May 24, 2002

Read an excerpt from Brian Doyle’s memoir “Altar Boy.” More →

May 10, 2002

Part three of a five-part series exploring religious America: There are more than 60 million U.S. Catholics, making them 40 percent of all the Christians in the country and the largest single group of American Christians. Part three examines the experience of being Catholic in America, and looks specifically at the Hispanic Catholic experience. More →

May 10, 2002

Read more of Judy Valente’s interview with Rosemary Radford Ruether on the Catholic sex abuse scandal. More →

May 10, 2002

Read excerpts from Judy Valente’s interview with Richard McBrien on Catholicism in America. More →

May 10, 2002

Read Bob Abernethy’s interview with George Weigel on Catholicism in America. More →

May 10, 2002

Read more of Judy Valente’s interview with Sister Carolyn Farrell on Catholicism in America. More →

May 10, 2002

Read more of Judy Valente’s interview with Father Andrew Greeley about Catholicism in America. More →

May 10, 2002

Read excerpts from Bob Abernethy’s interview with Martin Marty on the status and future of religion in America. More →

May 3, 2002

Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview with sociologist Alan Wolfe exploring religion in America. More →

April 26, 2002