Religion consumes up to a tenth of economic productivity in some societies (1). So it must produce corresponding benefits. What are they? By religion, I mean any supernatural belief system that is ...

All the focus on declining confidence in organized religion misses the broader backrop where institutional confidence is falling virtually everywhere, and at faster rates than in relation to faith.

(The Conversation) — History shows that governments’ attempts to strengthen religious institutions can backfire. Celebrating the change, House Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted an argument that’s ...

"There is no time for imagination, religious or otherwise. We need to act now!" an irritated scientist told me during a workshop on climate change and religion in 2024. Contrary to the tone of his ...

In 1992, the American alternative rock band R.E.M. won two Grammy Awards for its song “Losing My Religion.” The band explained that they wrote the song about unrequited love. But perhaps it captured ...

What if the day you leave religion is just the start of your real spiritual life? For most adults in the unmapped country beyond religion, it is much more than a convenient exit it’s a psychological, ...

Traditional religion may be destined for the walls of Cracker Barrel, a space filled with nostalgic advertisements for products of yesteryear, like Victrolas, lace antimacassars or butter churns. All ...

In a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, 80 percent of respondents said religion’s role in public life is shrinking in America. That’s the highest proportion in two decades of asking the ...

Researchers have long known that religious teens are less likely to engage in risky behavior. My team’s research explains why. We surveyed multiple times the religious beliefs and risk behavior of ...