Religious rituals can look uniquely spiritual, but the transcript explores a theory that some of their underlying behaviors may reach deep into human evolutionary history. Researchers reconstruct ...

What those leaving religion are seeking“I am not religious, but I am spiritual.” In the modern age, it has become common for people to describe their position with these words. It sounds as if they ...

THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: This question might seem absurd, since religious birth rituals are so universal. But Christian baptism of infants is being assailed by a prominent (though alienated) ...

16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center Sept. 15 – The Associated Press Connecticut court upholds state law: No religious exemptions to vaccines Sept. 15 – ...

Civil religion — sometimes calleed “civic religion” — is a term that is defined many ways. Most broadly, civil religion refers to the symbols and rituals that express patriotism, such as singing ...

(RNS) — Among the spiritual but not religious, 38% say religion does more harm than good, while just 7% of religious Americans share this view. (RNS) — Americans have been abandoning organized ...

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 ...

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