‘I see the church as a field hospital,’ Pope Francis once said – not a place where superficial solutions will do much…
The use of AI and robotic technology in worship is raising profound questions about its long-term consequences. Will it…
From family to grassroots activists, these are some of the women who shaped MLK’s vision and campaigns.
Two social scientists explain how caste-identities are pervasive in not just Hinduism but other South Asian faith groups…
A scholar of Jewish history explains how the term ‘pogrom’ lives in Jewish collective memory and why its use can be…
Two concepts can help explain why society seems increasingly unable to agree on basic facts.
Two conservation scholars break down what de-extinction looks like – and the debate over whether it could do any good.
A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the…
Waco has been used as a rallying cry for decades, two scholars of domestic extremism explain.
With the Church of England considering gender-neutral language to refer to God, a feminist theologian explains how Christianity…
A media scholar who studied Carter and interviewed him explains how he attempted to translate Jesus’ teachings into action…
Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or…
The relationship between faith, politics and LGBTQ rights is more complicated than it can appear at first glance.
Trauma can affect how people remember and describe experiences. Many survivors express their pain through objects and physical…
Native Americans are struggling to find sage for their spiritual practices as the plant is being overharvested for sale…
A roundup of The Conversation’s articles about this holy Christian season and its history.
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…