Religion is a hot new topic for historians
The latest annual survey by the American Historical Association says that younger historians are more likely than older ones to turn their sights on faith issues.
What Paul really thought about women
John Dominic Crossan continues The Search for the Historical Paul with an essay in Huffington Post on what Paul thought about women:
Cross disciplinary religious thought lacking
Speaking from personal experience, there's a great deal of commentary about religion made by scholars who don't have any. While the lack of any personal faith doesn't necessarily disqualify someone from having an opinion, most commonly negative, about how people of faith should comport themselves; in most other fields, the lack of personal experience with the subject would make it much harder for a person's views to be taken seriously.
Not interested
Studies are appearing that reveal that there are significant numbers of people who are not only unaffiliated religiously but also don't really care. Call them the not-spiritual-not-religious.
