In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Mongolia's three-day festival of games and glory, Naadam.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the consecration of St. Basil's Cathedral, Ivan the Terrible's memorial to his victory over the Tatars.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Imamat Day, when Nizari Ismailis celebrate the anniversary of their current imam's assumption of office.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Meher Baba's entry into silence on this day in 1925.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the death of the Báb, one of the most important figures in the Bahá'í Faith.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the record-breaking release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-- and religious groups' backlash against the Harry Potter series.

This is part 2 of our interview with Chris Stedman, assistant humanist chaplian at Harvard University and author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews The Little Atheist Book of Spirituality, by Andre Comte Sponville.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Tanabata, Japan's celebration of two star-crossed lovers.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Czech reformer Jan Hus, and his conviction and execution as a heretic.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses X-Day celebrations within the Church of the SubGenius.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses scientists' first live glimpse of the so-called "God particle," the Higgs boson.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses France's return of Pope Pius IX to Rome.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the religious protests that turned deadly in Sivas, Turkey in 1993.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the debut of The Watchtower, now printed by the Jehovah's Witnesses.

This is part 1 of our interview with Chris Stedman, assistant humanist chaplian at Harvard University and author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews The Mourning Diaries, by Roland Barthes.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the explosion of an unidentified object over Siberia in 1908.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad's tenure as the self-proclaimed savior.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Stonewall Riots, and the catalyst they provided for the gay rights movement in the U.S.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Canada's celebration of its rich cultural diversity.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses En no Ozuno and his influence on the religion known as Shugendo.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Missouri's apology to the Mormons, over 100 years after the state set out to expel them.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the uncontrollable bouts of dancing that seized Europe between the 7th and 17th centuries.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Estonia's and Latvia's celebrations of the summer solstice.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Roman Inquisition's conviction of Galileo Galilei as a heretic.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses We Tripantu, the Mapuche New Year celebration.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the day the Romans devoted to Summanus, god of nighttime thunder.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Hindu Nationalist party, Shiv Sena.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the end of both Egypt's Revolution of 1952 and the country's monarchy.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses one emperor's tribute to a beloved wife: the Taj Mahal.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the repeal of religion-based restrictions on university admissions in England.

Donald Messer is the executive director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS. He discusses both the difficulties and the successes of this work. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept, by Brent Nongbri.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Azerbaijan's official remembrance of troubled times, and the developments that brought the nation some stability.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the 1954 addition of the phrase "under God" to the United States' Pledge of Allegiance.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the agreement between Licinius and Constantine I in 313, a decision that has come to be known as the Edict of Milan.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Loving Day, celebrated in honor of the Supreme Court decision that ended anti-miscegenation laws in the U.S.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the International Surrealist Exhibition in 1936, and the movement's influence on global culture.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Bridget Bishop, the first person to be executed during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses day five in 1967's Six Day War, during which Israel seized the Golan Heights.

Part 2 of David's interview with Rev. Fletcher Harper of GreenFaith.org; Katy Scrogin reviews The Man Within My Head, by Pico Iyer.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Maximilien Robespierre's ideal religion for Revolutionary France.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Carrie Nation and her religion-inspired trail of destruction through the nation's saloons.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the abdication of Sweden's Queen Christina, who opted for freedom of religion and lifestyle over the throne.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Indira Gandhi administration's military actions against the Sikh holy site, The Golden Temple, in 1984.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Communist Eastern Europe's first semi-open elections, and the resulting victory of Solidarity.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Wardsend Cemetery riot, and the suspicions surrounding medical schools and the bodies of the deceased.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Bulgarians' celebration of Hristo Botev, a national hero.

Part 1 of David's interview with Rev. Fletcher Harper of GreenFaith.org on religious environmentalism; Katy Scrogin looks at John Cage and Buddhism

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Navajos' Long Walk, and the treaty that helped bring it to an end.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the trial and death of Adolf Eichmann, a key enforcer of Nazi policies.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the almost three-year existence of the Republic of Biafra.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the fall of Constantinople, and its effects on the European Renaissance.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the emergence and history of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the May 1968 protests by students and workers in Paris.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the coronation and reign of Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Wesak, the celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses England's Toleration Act of 1689, which granted freedom of worship to some groups outside the Church of England.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the founding of the American Red Cross, and the many services it continues to provide.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the imposition of martial law in Beijing and China's protest movements in 1989.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses one of the precursors of today's environmental movements.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the disappearance and mysterious return of evangelical preacher Aimee Semple McPherson.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Thor Heyerdahl's expedition on the Ra-II, and his contributions to ethnography and the environment.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Voltaire's imprisonment in the Bastille, and the writer's uneasy relationship with French authorities.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II on this day in 1981.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the accidental discovery of LSD and its place in psychiatric and spiritual experimentation.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the contorversial religious leader, Father Divine, and his marriage on this day in 1946 to Edna Rose Ritchings.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the end of the 1977 trial of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, also known as the Red Army Faction.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the celebration of Puthandu, the New Year festival among the Tamil peoples of Malaysia, Singapore, and other nations.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the celebration of the festival of Vaisakhi in the Sikh tradition.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the BCMA, the South African revolutionary Black Consciousness Movement that struggled against the Apartheid state.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Yugadi, the New Year's celebration of the Deccan religion of India, and the ritual "dish of six tastes" eaten during the holiday.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Belfast accord that helped further the peace process in Northern Ireland in the 1990s.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the outpouring of Spirit-centered worship that led to the founding of Pentecostalism, centered on the Azusa Street Revival.

In Monday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the Jewish blessing that occurs only once every 28 years.

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses Jean Baptiste De La Salle, revolutionary Catholic educator and founder of the Christian Brothers teaching order.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the "beard tax," imposed by Peter the Great in an attempt to reform and "modernize" Russian religious customs.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the concert where James Brown helped to calm a potential riot in the wake of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Ma'at, the Egyptian goddess of judgment

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie, onsidered by Rastafarians to have been the awaited Messiah.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Jackie Mitchell, who in 1931 struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, while pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

In Monday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the humble beginnings of a company you probably have heard of by now.  No foolin'.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Alhambra Decree, which expelled Jews from Spain in 1492.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the positive role drug-induced hedonism has played in the development of modern medicine.

In Friday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses Ayat al-Akhras, a teenage suicide bomber, and the two people she killed on this day in 2002.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the renaming of Constantinople, and the role the post office played in making the change stick.

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the curious discovery of Wilhelm Roentgen, and how it changed the way we see everything.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the revelation of the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saints.

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the efforts to end slavery in the British Empire.

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the assasination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero on this day in 1980.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the founding of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the early American Puritan religious dissident and martyr, Anne Hutchinson.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Iranian holiday of Nowruz, the "Persian New Year."

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the resignation of Jim Bakker from leadership of the PTL Club, and what it meant for American Evangelicalism.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the first space walk, which was taken by Russian Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov on this day in 1965.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Pagan minor holiday Ostara, which marks the spring equinox

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discussed the death, and legacy, of St. Patrick

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the seige of Jerusalem and the beginning of the Babylonian Exile

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the ancient Greek and Roman festivals of wine and excess known as the Bacchanalia

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault recounts the infamous history of the Krakow Ghetto, which was liquidated by the Nazis on this day in 1943.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the life and times of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology.

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin recounts the history of Gandhi's Salt March, a revolutionary and non-violent first step in Indian independence from British rule.