Dan Harris used to think meditation was for "bearded swamis, unwashed hippies and fans of John Tesh music." That all changed after his panic attack on live TV. And hiker Belden Lane on the spiritual wisdom of wilderness.

Now that he's stepping down from Religion News Service, our longtime news nerd opens up about the challenges of staying neutral. Mallory Daily explains her "nonehood," and "Halal in the Family": The Cosby Show of Islam.

Nearly a quarter of Americans say they can experience God as a living person. But it's hard. It takes practice, imagination, and above all, faith. And Christian Zionism: it's probably not what you think it is.

Religious outsiders--people who, for one reason or another, feel rejected, excluded, or ignored in their houses of prayer. On our list: introverts, the disabled, and men.

Maureen is back from her journey to Lebanon, where religious clout and political power collide. And the Vatican Bank may be blessed by God, but has been manipulated by the hands of men since its creation in the 1940s.

We look into the spiritual inclinations of our Presidential hopefuls, and uncover a few surprises, from Hillary Clinton's piety to Bobby Jindal’s brush with an exorcism. And Sister Joan Chittister on embracing paradox.

Bribes in exchange for drivers licenses. Sex in exchange for fair trials. Why corruption--the misuse of public office for personal gain--rouses religious extremism. Plus, nirvana gone awry: the death of Ian Thorson.

At the end of our lives, if suffering is profound, should we be able to choose how and when we go? Two priests weigh in: one calls it suicide, the other, dying with dignity. And an in-studio performance of Sikh hymns.

Is it the anti-gay bill? The religious liberty law? Two sides debate the true intentions of Indiana's controversial religious freedom act. And Jeanne Bishop explains her decision to forgive her sister's killer.

China's atheist government once destroyed temples and jailed monks and priests. Now religion is booming--and some of it's being funded by the state. And a review of Alex Gibney’s jaw-dropping documentary on Scientology.