Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges – a deve
Scientists can create viable eggs from two male mice. In the wake of CRISPR controversies and restrictive abortion laws,…
Scientists can create viable eggs from two male mice. In the wake of CRISPR controversies and restrictive abortion laws,…
The faith’s association with conservative politics has stayed strong for decades, but could become a liability, a political…
One of the gifts that Prime Minister Modi gave to President Biden symbolizes the recipient’s having seen 1,000 full moons,…
People sometimes assume religious traditions’ ideas about gender have always been conservative and unchanging.
Not quite, writes an expert on Christian worship. Chatbots do not have human experience of love – and, above all, they…
From open letters to congressional testimony, some AI leaders have stoked fears that the technology is a direct threat to…
Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan,…
Two sociologists break down how cases related to plaintiffs’ beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have fared in federal courts over…
Blaise Pascal, a mathematician and a Catholic theologian, born 400 years ago, left a deep and lasting influence on the world…
A designer opposed to same-sex marriage argued that a Colorado anti-discrimination law would effectively force her to speak…
The short answer: It’s complicated – and depends, in part, where you live.
The lessons students learn from dissecting donor bodies go beyond anatomy – and they try to pay that gift forward.
The Saudi government is using digital technology to help the hajj run smoothly and safely – the latest updates in a 200-year…
A scholar of politics and religion explains how anti-LGBTQ laws are being used to distract the public from governance failures…
Today’s short-term missionaries continue a long legacy, but in a very different way.
The earliest documented public broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer in the U.S. took place during the World’s Columbian…
In the beginning of the Bible, the tree of life represents what sets humans apart from divinity – but other texts use…
A scholar of yoga and meditation explains how yoga is part of humanity’s global heritage and what can be learned from…
In Southern Baptist history, rules on women and sexuality are often entwined. A scholar writes about the first congregation…
Hospital ethics committees and consultants do not make decisions for others, but their input can help support doctors and…