The folk tales of Nasreddin Hoja, which likely originated in 13th-century Turkey, carry many lessons for us today.
Surveys about religion often ask a single question about how often people go to services. That means researchers miss an…
Negative portrayals of Muslims shape public attitudes and lead to increased discrimination, often resulting in hate crimes…
Satellite television has been a key tool for evangelical churches to reach Christians and potential converts in Iran.
From its earliest centuries, Christianity was bound up with politics, with frequent tensions between government power and…
AI bots promise limitless companionship – but limits are what makes human relationships meaningful, a philosopher argues.
Pope Leo responded firmly to Trump’s scathing criticism. A deeper dive into our archives explains how the exchange might…
Long-standing Christian narratives about Islam continue to inform political language, argues a sociologist of Islam.
Topics such as sexual assault have been difficult for survivors and historians to write about, even decades after the war.
It may seem like a paradox, but it takes good friends for someone to really understand themselves – and grow in virtue,…
Africa represents the fastest-growing part of the Catholic Church. The pope’s 2026 journey will stop in Cameroon, Equatorial…
In the early days of the United States, Philly was a hotbed of conspiracy theories as fears grew that secret societies sought…
Hegseth is a member of the CREC, whose beliefs are rooted in a 20th-century movement called Christian Reconstructionism.…
Denying Jewish men’s masculinity, or blaming them for weakening ‘traditional’ masculinity, has long been part of antisemitism.
Research shows that a hidden American worldview can shape AI advice in ways that are culturally misleading.
Laws put in place after the war aimed to return stolen belongings and offer war damages to victims. In reality, many Jewish…
In Shiite Islam, grief is not only personal but collective − expressed through rituals, pilgrimage and devotion to saints.
An anthropologist of religion shows how Coptic Christians navigate two competing realities: the narrative of Christian persecution…
For some Sephardic Jews today, holidays provide a rare opportunity to hear the now-endangered Judeo-Spanish language.
Growing up amid Sri Lanka’s civil war, I saw pluralism in action – but didn’t have a name for it. Today, I study the…