Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who feels constrained about sharing her beliefs.

Nine in 10 Americans believe in a higher power, but only a slim majority believe in God as described in the Bible, according to a 2018 report by the Pew Research Center. In the U.S., half of adults ...

In the second, we are far from God and need to be brought near. Both views are biblical. But with this shift—from a sin-sick ...

Society and religion were born, the author argues, as “twins.” Though religion as we understand it today arrived late.

Here are some viewpoints: Both religion and magic solicit the supernatural. It is said that magic uses "mysterious or supernatural forces,” while miracles manifest "divine intervention in human ...

How did conservative evangelicals, who tend to present a unified front on most matters of political significance, end up in such a public battle over how to approach environmental issues like global ...

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It’s taken more than half a century for Judy Blume’s iconic 1970 novel “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” to appear on the silver screen. But in many ways, the story’s more apt for a 2023 crowd ...

Throughout religious history, getting spoken to by God has not been a sign of fun times ahead. Abraham had to agree to kill his son. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. On CBS’s Joan of Arcadia ...