Regardless of their stance on secularization, both classical and market-based positions take modernity for granted as the starting point for…
The pig is not the problem
belief
Faith from the NIH
When Francis Collins was appointed director of the National Institutes of Health last year, he stepped down from leading the…
Disaster, religion, and resilience
Most of us seem to know intuitively that resilience matters for post-disaster recovery, yet we also know that Haiti desperately…
Spirit quest
At the New York Times, Charles M. Blow weighs in on new data showing that "Young adults are looking for…
Pink ouija board targets young girls as spiritists or spiritual victims
Courtney Bender explores the criss-crossing lines of gender, power, and spirituality in the controversy surrounding Hasbro's release of a hot…
Beyond believing but not belonging
Religious identification is on the wane in the United States, as in most other nations in the developed world. Yet,…
Awe and wonder
At Trans/Missions, Diane Winston comments on an unusual and interesting new study, which finds that the most popular New York…
The right to “a good death”
On Tuesday the British Government granted Davender Ghai, a British Hindu, the right to "a good death"---defined as cremation on…
Religion’s reputation
In 2008, roughly 15 percent of Americans told telephone surveyors with the American Religious Identification Survey that they had no…
This Incredible Need to Believe
Julia Kristeva's latest work, This Incredible Need to Believe, explores the fundamental role of belief within the psyche, as it relates…