Karen Armstrong examines the knotted history of religion and violence, and a conversation with the Jesuit priests who run the Vatican's observatory

From March: Rep. Keith Ellison explains what his Muslim faith has meant to his political career. And we find out why so many companies are cashing in on the growing fascination with shamanism.

How to solve the worst Muslim backlash since 9/11, the role of evangelicals in the midterm elections, and a Wiccan and Christian perspective on Halloween’s dark side

The Berholz Barbers: refusing to turn the other cheek; A Buddhist path to breaking the cycle of addiction; and a new collection of songs, chants and prayers from ancient Syria

Loosening the rules on one of the most unpopular teachings in the Catholic Church; a prison chaplain explains how he sorts out the deceivers from the true believers, and the final installment of World Religions 101

How a sense of religious destiny drove 3 world leaders---a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian—to broker peace in the Holy Land. Plus, a moral case for debt forgiveness, and World Religions 101: Taoism

After the largest climate march in history, we look at the growing faith-based movement to divest from fossil fuels. Plus: the chaplain of the only Anglican church in Iraq, and Confucianism: the way of propriety.

The end of the Dalai Lama? Not quite. Plus: In the studio with a virtuoso shofar player, and World Religions 101: Yoruba

The Caliphate: a shrewd propaganda move for the so-called Islamic State, and master explainer Stephen Prothero defines Christianity

Donna Johnson's memoir of being raised a Terrellite, following the cultish Pentecostal preacher, Brother David Terrel. And a geriatric psychiatrist explores the spiritual meaning of reaching an old age.