Ever wonder what’s with all that God business? Pascal Boyer offers some answers in Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought (Basic Books). Mr. Boyer, a professor of collective ...

For many people of various faiths, support for the scientific theory of evolution has not supplanted their religious belief. And throughout the modern Judeo-Christian tradition, leaders have asserted ...

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 ...

In humans' mysterious journey to become intelligent, socializing creatures like no other in the animal world, one innovation played an essential role: religion. That's the theory that a preeminent ...

Many Americans continue to reject the scientific theory of evolution, particularly those who identify as religious. A new ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently published a religion and science addition to its Topics and Questions series addressing four subjects: the general compatibility of science and ...

First Congregational Church on East Broad Street in downtown Columbus was home to Washington Gladden, who was a religious leader committed to social justice, and he called on city leaders to treat ...