Religion, runs an old argument, is bad for democracy. The basis of religious belief and practice is an appeal to divine authority, and modern democracy arose from the Enlightenment-era insight that we ...

In their attacks on God and religion, the neo-atheist authors such as Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are especially vehement in their accusations concerning the effects of ...

This week marks the beginning of the holiest period of the year for roughly 14 million Jews across the globe. As they celebrate the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, they begin looking back on the past twelve ...

The year 2020 seemed a challenging year for religion. While some blamed God for letting COVID-19 happen, indiscriminately affecting believers and nonbelievers alike; some others found religion as a ...

Is religion a medicine for what ails us? If we’re talking about physical and mental health, the answer has been difficult to come by. Large-scale studies have consistently shown a strong association ...

Declaring that Americans have been exposed to “too much bad religion” for too long, activist preacher and author Jim Wallis on Saturday called on more than 1,000 Christians gathered in Pasadena to ...

Some have said that it does a lot of good while others like the notable Karl Max have argued that it is harmful. A recent survey of Canadians has shown that they agree with the latter. According to an ...

Bear in mind that when white evangelical Protestants (WEPs) talk about “religious liberty,” they’re talking about much more than that. They’re talking about political power—who controls it, who’s ...

The revelation that Donald Rumsfeld appended Bible verses to secret Iraq war memos is problematic on many levels, write Sally Steenland and Susan Thistlethwaite. Then-Secretary of Defense Donald ...

(RNS) — We can all agree 2020 was a bad year. But not for everybody or every pursuit: For some — the kinds of religious actors and forces that received outsized attention, support and access to power ...

This week marks the beginning of the holiest period of the year for roughly 14 million Jews across the globe. As they celebrate the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, they begin looking back on the past twelve ...