Katherine Marshall, 11/29/11

Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University

With maternal health now demanding global action, faith leaders and institutions should raise their hands, their voices, and their resources, and volunteer their support to the cause.

John Shore, 11/29/11

Author, "Wings on a Pig: Why the 'Christian' View of Gays Doesn't Work"

Ever heard of a group called Christians for a Moral America? Neither had I. Neither had anyone else. Until George Michael was admitted to a hospital for severe pneumonia.

Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley, 11/29/11

President and CEO, Blanton-Peale Institute and Counseling Center

There are three guiding concepts on the pathway to freedom from addiction: Awareness, Acceptance and Action. All are made possible through God's grace.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, 11/28/11

Rabbi and writer

I have watched with mild amusement as the debate surrounding the beliefs of Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman have gained steam. Aren't the Mormons weird fanatics? Should we trust people with such strange beliefs with high office?

Engy Abdelkader, 11/29/11

Human Rights Attorney

Anti-Sharia laws embody official state government condemnation of Islam as a threat, thereby causing Muslims to become outcasts. Such laws render Muslims inept players within the political arena.

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D., 11/29/11

Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder

But do family values have to have a political position? Can't they be just family values, something that we all treasure as a mark of our fundamental humanity and humaneness?

G. Elijah Dann, 11/28/11

Instructor in philosophy and religion at Simon Fraser University, and author of 'God and the Public Square' and editor of 'Leaving Fundamentalism'

What eventually become our conscious thoughts are the result of a long, arduous and competitive process deep within the brain. But where does God come into this discussion?

Marshall J. Breger, Rabbi Jack Bemporad and Imam Abdullah Antepli, 11/28/11

Understanding the commonality and differences in our foundational texts will go far in explaining why attacks on sharia cannot be separated from attacks on religious law in general.

Rabbi Alan Lurie, 11/28/11

Author, 'Five Minutes on Mondays: Finding Unexpected, Purpose, Peace and Fulfillment at Work'

When approached consciously, instead of with the knee-jerk need to argue and be right, though, arguments can lead to tremendous growth.

Neil J. Young, 11/28/11

Historian, Princeton University

Not since John F. Kennedy ran for president has a candidate for the White House faced such stiff and persistent difficulties stemming from his faith. Yet again, white evangelicals may provide the critical vote.

John Mattras, 11/28/11

Micro-credit Financier

It is time for the bishops to own up to the obvious reality that denying services to a class of individuals is, in fact, discrimination.

Suhag A. Shukla, Esq., 11/28/11

Co-Founder/Managing Director, Hindu American Foundation

Regardless of how easy or difficult, heartfelt or empty, the foundation of every apology is dharma, or righteous duty.

Rev. Richard L. Killmer, 11/28/11

Executive Director, National Religious Campaign Against Torture

As people of faith, we know that torture is always and unequivocally wrong. God created all people with dignity and worth, and we grieve knowing that inflicting harm and cruelty on another human being scars and diminishes us all.

Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, 11/28/11

Executive Rabbi, JConnectLA & Jewlicious

The city's confrontation with Occupy LA's tent encampment brings to mind the biblical saga of Abraham and Sarah pitching their tent in the fields in order to spread their teachings of lovingkindness.

Fatemeh Keshavarz, 11/28/11

Professor of Persian Language and Comparative Literature, Wash U at St. Louis

Perfectly respectable American politicians proposing crippling sanctions to hurt ordinary Iranians so they rise up against their regime. It sounds like a confused dream. But it isn't.

Lodro Rinzler, 11/28/11

Author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar: A Guide to Life for a New Generation

We all have our own ways of reacting to a break up. At the core of these responses are the root emotions that keep us trapped in suffering: aggression, passion and ignorance.

Daliah Merzaban, 11/28/11

Middle East journalist and analyst

When I moved from trying to fit prayers into my life to fitting my life around my prayer schedule, I instantly removed a great deal of clutter from my daily routine.