Research on developing brains has helped bring about a sea change in attitudes toward juvenile life without parole. But…
The controversial – and often misunderstood – extracurricular groups tend to raise controversy. But under equal access…
The first Rastafarian communities emerged around 1931 in eastern Jamaica. Today, there are over 700,000 Rastafarian communities…
Most of the convention’s core organizers were Quakers. The religious movement’s beliefs about men and women’s equality…
Specific beliefs may have more to do with people’s vaccine views than their religious affiliation – but it depends on…
When it comes to chemical weapons, American condemnation, even if hypocritical, is still valuable.
A scholar of religion who is writing a book on sacred drugs explains how today’s ‘psychedelic renaissance’ reflects…
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…