COLUMBUS, Ohio – People are not drawn to religion just because of a fear of death or any other single reason, according to a new comprehensive, psychological theory of religion. There are actually 16 ...

The majority of Americans see science and religion in conflict, according to a Pew Research Center report. But as it turns out, when people are asked about their specific beliefs, they’re less likely ...

Some hundred-fifty years since the publication of On the Origin of Species roiled the deeply intertwined worlds of science and religion, it remains a commonplace to set Charles Darwin’s theory of ...

Eugene has kindly invited me to contribute a series of posts, briefly describing my taxonomy of new variants of the most-favored-nation theory of religious liberty (forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review) ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part letter to the editor focusing on the theory of religion. I am ambivalent about writing this article, but I am looking for answers. I was raised in a good ...

There have long been religious divides over the theory of evolution through natural selection. 3 The Pew Research Center survey shows wide differences among religious groups when it comes to beliefs ...

The Pew Research Center created a projection of what world religion will look like through 2050, based on current trends and “using data on age, fertility, mortality, migration and religious switching ...

This review essay engages Manuel Vásquez's new book, More than Belief: A Materialist Theory of Religion, from the perspective of Latin American religious practice and thought. Vásquez's materialist ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...