Displays of affection, such as hugging, kissing and holding hands, can be good for your health. They can reduce stress, boost ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Neurospirituality crosses multiple disciplines to study how and why the human brain has a sense of the divine. Evidence is ...

Constantine’s ambiguous yet beneficial role at the Council of Nicaea reminds us of the complex relationship between religion and politics in the Christian perspective. (Photo: rome.us) By Michel ...

It wasn’t until the 1980s that scholars started conducting systematic investigations into the relationship between religion and mental health. Since that time, a huge amount of evidence has amassed.

Sociologists of religion present a new edition of one of the most comprehensive empirical studies of religious trends across the world – Detlef ...

While there is no clear and widely accepted dividing line between religion and spirituality, these questions show that even in countries where comparatively few people view religion as very important, ...

Especially after World War II and the Cold War, with the specter of the Communists, the atheistic Communists, became really important to do religion in the public schools and not teach about ...

And in today’s world, we’re surrounded by something else that makes no sense — but not holy, not divine. It is the obsessive, ...

The relationship between cognition and emotion has fascinated Western philosophers for centuries. It is not surprising that much of that attraction has permeated brain science in general. Early ...