A Boston University psychological center will begin extending its work of combining religious and scientific studies after receiving a $500,000 grant from an international competition.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Did God make scientists? Most of them don't think so. The first systematic analysis in decades to examine the religious beliefs and practices of elite academics in the sciences ...

A new psychological study reveals how specific childhood experiences and inherent personality traits predict whether adults ...

Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary field that critically examines the diverse expressions of faith, ritual, and institutional practice across global traditions. Encompassing historical, ...

For the past 20 years, Elaine Howard Ecklund has studied scientists’ attitudes towards religion. What she’s found, through more than 40,000 surveys and nearly 2,500 confidential interviews, is that ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Russell T. McCutcheon had a Zoom call with the chair of a religious-studies department who wanted to get ahead of what has come to seem like an existential crisis in the field.

Sociology can help us see neglected drivers of religious beliefs. But it shouldn’t lose focus on the beliefs themselves. You should read Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of ...

This graduate symposium analyzes the ancient Hindu breath-centered divination practice known as svarodaya (Sanskrit: “attainment of toned breath”) to untangle a knot of discourses which scholars ...

The conflict between science and religion may have its origins in the structure of our brains, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Babson College have found. Clashes between the use of ...

Suzie Bohlson sits in a sun-drenched California plaza, a pale, slight 53-year-old with a Ph.D. in biology from Notre Dame. Fifteen years ago, she converted to Catholicism, a surprising choice, perhaps ...

UC Berkeley has discontinued its religious studies program, removing it from the application process so new students will no longer be able to apply for the major. Bob Jacobsen, dean of undergraduate ...