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 ...

The “No True Scotsman” fallacy appears constantly in debates about religion, often without people realizing it. This video explains how the fallacy works and why it distorts discussions about belief ...

"Ted Lasso" showed up in our world at the perfect time. Ravaged as we were in August 2020 by a world pandemic, pervasive threats to democracy, painful racial reckonings and climate disaster, this ...

In “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious,” set for release Tuesday , Douthat is speaking to non-believers and religious skeptics who may recognize the sociological benefits of religion, yet ...

"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 ...

Americans have been turning away from organized religion for decades — but recent research suggests that trend might be stalling out. And studies do show that people affiliated with a religion tend to ...

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 ...

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