Native Hawaiians see Mauna Kea mountain as sacred. Scientists use its summit for research. A new policy called co-management…
Many religions value forgiveness, but the details of their teachings differ. A psychologist of religion explains how Christian…
Christianity is the second-largest religion in Kazakhstan, with 26% of the population practicing the faith. But many Christians,…
The US is seeing more campaigns to ‘protect’ children by barring controversial books. But research shows children’s…
A scholar of philosophy and foreign policy explains why Cardinal Zen poses a threat to the Chinese Communist Party as a…
The Bible is full of stories about migrants. That doesn’t mean it has a simple takeaway message about them.
A variety of cultural performances evoking intense emotions occur during the Islamic month of Muharram. A scholar observed…
The Catholic Church’s membership numbers are growing fastest outside Europe and the Americas, and Catholics’ priorities…
In Nevada, people create a makeshift city toward the end of summer and later burn it down. What’s behind this event, and…
303 Creative v. Elenis gives SCOTUS another chance to set precedent about what happens when First Amendment freedoms come…
Effects of violence and forced migration on survivors’ mental health have not been acknowledged, despite the trauma being…
Whether it is the war in Ukraine or other devastating news, people find it hard to sustain their attention. A scholar who…
Virtue signaling is designed to communicate specifically to one partisan tribe and to affirm its moral superiority. A scholar…
Enormous, scaly, fire-breathing dragons have fascinated civilizations for centuries. A scholar who studies monsters explains…
As the US gets less religious, some thinkers warn that it may get more selfish as people engage less with their communities.…
Armed conflicts today involve slavery in many different forms, from forced marriage to child soldiers.
Samaritans still live in Israel, where they are often caught between Israeli and Palestinian identities.
The attack on Salman Rushdie promptly led to speculation on whether the attacker had been influenced by the 1989 fatwa against…
Rituals of rest and contemplation are woven into many religious traditions around the world.
On the 75th anniversary of India’s partition, scholars from the US, Canada, France, UK and Australia write about their…