The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
A scholar who examines the impact of property ownership explains why purchasing a home comes with many moral obligations.
A scholar who examines the impact of property ownership explains why purchasing a home comes with many moral obligations.
Employers navigating employees’ requests for religious accommodations face some confusing guidance. A new Supreme Court…
A philosopher unpacks the ‘ethics of belief’ for an age awash in bad information.
A historian of the late Roman world, who visited earthquake-devastated Antakya several times, writes about the city’s…
A scholar who has studied imprisonment explains why the promise of sentence reductions in return for organ donation raises…
On Valentine’s Day, a scholar of South Asian religions tells the story of the divine love of Radha and Krishna and the…
Lucian’s work provides insight into the second-century Roman world, which fostered multilingualism and multiculturalism.
The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about…
Jurors can perceive events in a video in different ways – one of which depends on how the evidence is presented in court,…
Ancient Greece and Rome may have handed down the image of rosy-cheeked Cupids, but their myths about him explore the messier…
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has a history going back to the 16th century, when some Orthodox bishops and their followers…
A political scientist explains the history of blasphemy laws in Muslim-majority nations and how they play a role in silencing…
Millions of enslaved Africans were forcefully converted to the Christian faith. The Black church came about when African…
New York City’s plan has garnered the most attention – and criticism – but several cities are expanding their own…
Tu BiShvat has religious roots, but early Zionists embraced the day in new, more secular ways.
Self-blame was found to be associated with experiencing suicidal thoughts.
The mere threat of a default was enough to see the US’s credit rating downgraded in 2021. The consequences of a default…
It was in the 1990s that the idea of Christian environmental stewardship disappeared from the rhetoric of the religious…
Prisons and jails have a long history, but they weren’t always used for the same kinds of punishment.
Catholic leaders’ attitudes toward LGBTQ people have shifted dramatically – but the actual theology behind them, not…