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Steven Waldman Interviews Rick Warren

Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of "The Purpose of Christmas," spoke with Beliefnet Editor-in-Chief Steven Waldman at the offices of our partner, The Wall Street Journal.

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Scholarly Smackdown: Is 'The Da Vinci Code' Anti-Christian?

One side: The story defames a faith. The other side: It launched a modern Reformation.

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John McCain on Character and Heroism

The Arizona senator and former POW tells us about some of the people he admires.

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Barack Obama: Praying to Be 'An Instrument of God's Will'

The Democratic presidential candidate discusses what he prays for daily and why the Golden Rule applies on the campaign trail.

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Meeting Athena

In the excerpt from Paulo Coelho's new book, we meet an exotic and exasperating young 'witch.'

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Was Dracula a Christian Hero?

Elizabeth Kostova's new best-seller offers readers a Dracula concerned not just with blood, but with the fate of his soul.

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Jerry Falwell: Bringing God into the Public Square

Falwell changed the role of religion in U.S. history because he concluded that his own theological ancestors were wrong.

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