This week marks the beginning of the holiest period of the year for roughly 14 million Jews across the globe. As they celebrate the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, they begin looking back on the past twelve ...

Is religion a medicine for what ails us? If we’re talking about physical and mental health, the answer has been difficult to come by. Large-scale studies have consistently shown a strong association ...

There are desperate needs in this world that religion and interfaith coalitions can address in uniquely effective ways. And a leading expert on the intersection of religion, development and peace ...

(RNS) — For all its faults, religion has in many times and places had an equalizing and democratizing effect on society. If houses of worship were not beacons of diversity, faith at least provided a ...

Recently, I asked the BuzzFeed Community about their experiences with organized religion and why they chose to leave, and I received an overwhelming amount of stories. When the post was published, ...

As a psychologist, I am a scientist of human behavior. I am accountable to what can be understood scientifically through empiricism. And yet empiricism is not the only method we use to explore reality ...

Most Americans believe religion's role in society is declining, and they aren't happy about it, a new poll finds. About 80 percent of U.S. adults think religion is losing its influence on American ...

New numbers released by the Pew Research Center show that LGBTQ+ people are a lot less likely to be religious than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts. While this statement is unlikely to shock many readers ...

Greater Good magazine has named the book “Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion” by Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren of the Hope College psychology faculty one of its Favorite Books of 2024. “Done: How ...

Age distribution among adults who meditate at least once a week who say government aid to the poor does more harm than good % of adults who meditate at least once a ...