In many Western contexts, organized religion is declining, often due to hypocrisy, politicization or shallow faith. But ...

(The Conversation) — Religious freedom has grown more important in US foreign policy – but does that come at the expense of promoting other human rights? Underlying many debates about how courts and ...

Human innovation may alter how we see, hear or even perceive reality, but it will not undo the deepest truths of faith. Ecclesiastes reminds us, “There is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl. 1:9). Every ...

It would be noteworthy if religious faith or regular attendance at worship services prevented disease, improved health, and prolonged life. For one thing, the United States now spends an average of ...

This week marks 75 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) — the document that has become the blueprint for our international ...

Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush explores the urgent message of the Freedom To Read Day of Community Action with three leaders in the fight against book bans: Dartmouth Librarian Qiana Johnson, ...

A Sunday editorial cartoon by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's David Horsey (Forum, March 5, page A20) entitled "A Brief History of Religion" is not so much about the true history of religion as it is ...

Karl Marx once said religion is the opiate of the masses. His metaphor may have a whiff of literal truth, even if it was intended as a hostile attack on religion from an atheistic perspective. It may ...

A glance at recorded history shows us that humans have “always” felt a need to explain phenomena perceived to exist beyond our comprehension. Today, we turn to science to seek answers to our questions ...

In the coming weeks, the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) is likely to pass legislation that would ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Not only would this legislation deny the freedom of worship ...

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human beings. In fact, human cultural practices can ...

We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, welcome the White House’s recent announcement that you will be visiting Vietnam later this month. Among the important issues to be discussed with ...