The field has grown substantially, even as it faces unprecedented political pressures and new questions about authority and ...

Controversies regarding religion in the classroom in the United States are as old as the public school system itself. Most recently, a Louisiana law mandates that posters of the Ten Commandments be ...

Once the faith of millions, a small but devoted number of adherents in Asia and North America keep the flame of faith burning. Farzin Yezishne, a Zoroastrian mobed (priest), performs a blessing ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

"Religious literacy is one of the most powerful tools we all have right now to protect our democracy, which is under threat ...

This is a guest post by Dr. Ernest Davis, a computer scientist at NYU. Although this essay was inspired by my article on how a lack of political diversity in social psychology undermines its ...

Ancient Egyptian Religion and Gods Throughout much of Egypt's ancient history its people followed a polytheistic religion in which a vast number of gods and goddesses were venerated. One of the most ...

Ohio lawmakers want public school teachers to talk about the positive influence of Christianity on American history without ...

Here is the history of the Church of Scientology in Australia, dating back to 1950. 1950 US science-fiction writer Lafayette ...

A $750,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will help restore the historic Huddleston Chapel at Natchez College, supporting ...

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