Evangelical Christians were the least likely of all religious groups to believe in the paranormal, and belief in the paranormal tended to decline the more one attended church. Those most likely to believe in the paranormal came from the “other” religious category – meaning not Christian and not Jewish. Read a Sept. 12, 2006, USA Today story summarizing the […]

A Harris Poll from 2009 found that four of 10 Americans believe in ghosts. About a third believe in UFOs, 23 percent in witches and 26 percent in astrology. One in five believe they were reincarnated from another person.  71 percent of Catholics and 79 percent of Protesants believe in the Virgin Birth, compared to 61 percent of […]

President Obama stressed that bin Laden was “not a Muslim leader,” as USA Today‘s Faith & Reason blog notes in an article about bin Laden’s death and burial.

Read the text of Obama’s initial remarks after the raid on Osama bin Ladin Pakistani compound, posted at Time.com.

Read CNN’s article and obituary on Osama bin Laden.

Read The Washington Post’s obituary on Osama bin Laden.

Read The Washington Post’s news story on bin Laden’s death.

Christian van Gorder is an associate professor of religion at Baylor University who teaches world religions. He is the author of multiple books, including Islam, Peace, and Social Justice and (as co-author) Jews and Christians Together: An Invitation to Mutual Respect.

Jonathan Tran is an assistant professor of religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He specializes in theological ethics and can discuss the just-war tradition and the morality of celebrating bin Laden’s death.