religion
17th-century outbreaks of plague in Italy reveal both tensions between religious and public health authorities.
Psychedelics are going mainstream. Here’s your reading list.
Christians and Muslims that pick out unconscious patterns are more likely to believe in a god.
You actually score worse on memory tests.
In some countries, religiosity and pro-science attitudes are actually positively correlated, according to the results of a recent study.
In a recent study, researchers examined how Christian nationalism is affecting the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apparently the Catholic Church is a small business.
Placing science and religion at opposite ends of the belief spectrum is to ignore their unique purposes.
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The year 2020 will go down in history as one that shook our inner and outer worlds.
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Want help raising your kids? Spend more time at church, says new study.
Fighting materialized, virtual monsters can be cathartic in stressful and precarious times.
Bastet was the daughter of the sun. The ancient Egyptian goddess was originally a fierce lioness warrior—a strong woman with the head of a big cat. Over time, her image […]
Does what you believe in come from reason? Or just your community?
That’s not frankincense you smell at the “holy of the holies.”
As a doctor, I am reminded every day of the fragility of the human body, how closely mortality lurks just around the corner.
A debate is raging inside and outside of churches.
The texts were previously thought to be blank and were cut up for materials studies.
A recent survey also found that political messaging from the pulpit increased the likelihood of believing presidents to be ordained by God.
Attending religious service once a week found to lower risk of suicide and other “deaths of despair”
In late April, the news hit us hard: Lorna Breen, an emergency room doctor in a Manhattan hospital flooded with coronavirus patients, committed suicide. According to her father, the emotional […]
Is the cult of youth what we really want trailing us into the afterlife?
Those ancient Chinese philosophers earned their insights.
All that matters is the here and now.
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Edinburgh University project geo-locates victims of Scottish ‘witch-prickers’ in the 16th and 17th century.
The answer depends on how we choose to balance religious freedom, social inclusion, and the search for self-identity.
Participants were also more likely to see God as old than young, and male rather than female.
The separation of church and state is being dismantled one bill at a time.
Do you get worried or angry? Ever forget to tithe? One minister has bad news for you.
Striving for diversity is honorable — but the focus should settle on something much deeper than phenotypic traits.
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Do you want Facebook or Google to control your legacy?
A new study at the University of Basel shows how interactive literature has become.