Religion

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How hedonism became America’s official religion

Jennifer Roback Morse | 09 February 2012 |

tags: democracy, Obama politics, religion

An edict from the Obama administration has ended the American experiment in religious liberty.

The parental happiness curve

W. Bradford Wilcox and Elizabeth Marquardt | 19 December 2011 |

tags: marriage, parenthood, religion

Why are parents with four-plus children happier, on average, than those with just a couple?

The happiness of believing

Juncal Cuñado and Alejo Jose G. Sison | 06 December 2011 |

tags: Europe, happiness, religion

Europeans who belong to a religion report higher levels of happiness than those who do not.

Arguably

Francis Phillips | 05 December 2011 |

tags: literature, religion

In his collected essays, the controversial Christopher Hitchens shows that he is incapable of platitudes or jargon.

How do religious belief and practice affect Europeans’ happiness?

Juncal Cuñado and Alejo Jose G. Sison | 29 November 2011 |

tags: atheism, Europe, happiness, religion

Europe is often described as a godless wasteland. That's not what the statistics show.

Change happens: new evidence on sexual orientation

Stanton L Jones and Mark Yarhouse | 30 September 2011 |

tags: homosexuality, religion, therapy

Groundbreaking research published this week shows successful change in religiously motivated men and women.

Ground Zero - without the prayer

Carolyn Moynihan | 09 September 2011 |

tags: 911 Memorial, patriotism, religion

Is excluding religious expression from the main 9/11 commemoration the way to go?

Higher Ground

Mark Thomas Lickona | 08 September 2011 |

tags: religion

Vera Farmiga delivers a thought-provoking film about a woman's loss of faith in a fundamentalist Christian community.

The New Holy Wars

G. Tracy Mehan III | 06 September 2011 |

tags: economics, environmentalism, religion

America's leading secular religion was once economics. Has it now become environmentalism?

Will science banish superstition for ever?

Denyse O'Leary | 10 August 2011 |

tags: religion, science, superstition

Which makes people more superstitious: fervent scientism or fervent religious belief? The answer may surprise you.

Does religion shrink your brain?

Denyse O'Leary | 01 August 2011 |

tags: neuroscience, religion

Some researchers argue that outspoken religious commitment is a sign of mild dementia.

Does religion rot teenagers’ brains?

Denyse O'Leary | 25 July 2011 |

tags: neuroscience, religion

Some religion researchers are amazingly ignorant of religion.

Does religion rot your intelligence?

Denyse O'Leary | 18 July 2011 |

tags: atheism, IQ, religion

We've been hearing a lot of from “new atheists” lately about the negative things religion does to the mind. Recently, some journals have produced scientific evidence. Or have they?

The religious atheist

Zac Alstin | 30 June 2011 |

tags: new atheists, politics, religion

The anti-religious atheist is the inspired prophet of a new religious movement.

A New Age beyond right and wrong

Sue Alexander-Barnes | 18 May 2011 |

tags: New Age, religion

New Age beliefs may seem loopy but they influence millions of people.

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