Heated disputes over evolution and the origin of the universe might suggest an unbridgeable gap between scientists and people of faith, but a new Rice University study shows that - on some issues - ...

My work is at a nexus between evolutionary psychology and the psychology of religion. I often wonder things like why religions evolved different food practices and why they have different religious ...

Anne Marie Conlon’s Career Feature on scientists balancing work and faith (Nature 629, 957–959; 2024) mentions studies, by sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund, that find that religious scientists tend ...

The fire referred to above is the recurring attempt, usually by religious fundamentalists, to replace the science of biological evolution with religious explanations (such as the biblical stories of ...

A new history challenges perceptions that the two are either completely autonomous or completely at odds. Nicholas Spencer’s latest book, Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science and Religion, ...

The study of the psychology of religion has become a domain of active research following the pioneering work of psychologist and philosopher William James, whose book The Varieties of Religious ...