The head of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles says leadership in his church is open to all, including gays and lesbians. More →

December 9, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, Anchor: After decades of debate and division, the US Episcopal Church this week said overwhelmingly that gays and lesbians are eligible to become bishops or serve in any other ordained ministry of the church. At their General Convention, … More →

July 17, 2009

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Six-hundred-and-fifty bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion assembled in Canterbury, England this week for the Lambeth Conference, a three-week-long meeting that’s held just once every decade. But more than 200 other bishops are boycotting the event. The … More →

July 18, 2008

To average Catholics, it may be hard to imagine their priest with a wife and children. But, to a limited extent, it is already happening. More →

June 22, 2001

Read excerpts from Stephen Dubner’s interview with Lauren Winner on religious conversions. More →

November 17, 2000

In the second of our two-part series on religious conversion, R & E talks to Lauren Winner. The child of a mixed marriage, she was raised as a non-observant Jew, became an Orthodox Jew, and then converted to Christianity. More →

November 17, 2000

R & E profiles the Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor: an Episcopal priest once honored as one of the greatest preachers in the world, now primarily a writer and teacher. More →

May 12, 2000