Some animals have been observed performing the same rituals over and over, leading scientists to speculate that they might have a sense of the sacred.
Americans see immigrants more favorably than do Trump, Cruz
The 2016 Republican presidential campaign boils with anti-immigrant rhetoric but candidates’ harsh proposals don’t resonate with most Americans, particularly religious believers and young adults.
Meet the tech world’s hottest new marketing tool: Pope Francis
And the Pontiff is the first to tell you how much he gets from the Internet, which he once called a “gift from God.”
‘Evangelical’ is not a political identity
British and American evangelicalism was largely politically progressive during the 19th century. During the first half of the 20th century evangelicalism was mostly nonpolitical. Throughout the 1980s many American evangelicals “switched sides” and supported conservative politicians.
In most faiths, especially Christianity, women are more faithful than men
One of many paradoxical things about religion is that its founders, administrators and gate-keepers have generally, with important exceptions, been men. But its most loyal practitioners, including and perhaps especially in times of adversity, have been women.
Why Crux‘s Knights of Columbus ‘partnership’ is problematic
The Knights have not remained politically neutral, and have often worked against separation of church and state. More recently, it made million-dollar plus contributions to overturn marriage equality in California, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.
How Jars of Clay guitarist ended up as a barber
As the band’s religious beliefs shifted, it became tougher to play lucrative evangelical music festivals. They were getting older, and it was time to start thinking about plan B.
American Muslim writer notes predictable media reactions to terrorism
In a tweetstorm on March 22, Moroccan-American and Muslim writer Laila Lalami bemoaned scripted American media reactions to terrorism and mass shootings.
Black activism, unchurched
Where is the church in the Black Lives Matter movement? A new generation of young leaders in Baltimore are largely organizing outside of congregations. What does this mean for their movement — and for the church?