Defining religion isn’t as simple as it seems. Is it belief in God, a system of rituals, or a cultural tradition? Scholars have debated this for centuries, offering competing definitions from ...

The problem with Massimo Faggioli’s Theology and Catholic Higher Education is not that his aspirations are too large. If anything, they may be too small. On numerous pages, I found myself agreeing ...

As a psychologist, I am a scientist of human behavior. I am accountable to what can be understood scientifically through empiricism. And yet empiricism is not the only method we use to explore reality ...

What does it mean to be a seminary student in times like this? This is the question I pose to students as they reach the conclusion of their formal theological studies, the MDiv capstone seminar.

Here is an (incomplete) list of challenges faced by religion in today's world: anti-intellectuality, attempts at enforcing trust in God, becoming a political tool for power, boredom, bullying and ...

“Nones” are adults who describe themselves religiously as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular.” This report uses the terms “nones” and “religiously unaffiliated” interchangeably. Negative ...

Dr. Edward Sri invites Catholics to a take a deep dive into the Gospels like never before in new book SAN FRANCISCO — Jesus did not begin his public ministry with facts about faith or rules to follow.

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...