religion

From religious wars to French poison conspiracies to the counterculture, we look at the origins of Satanism.

At one point, America needed to be called a Judeo-Christian nation. Now, with growing populations of Muslims, Evangelicals, Sikhs, Atheists, and other faiths, what should America call itself next?

How modern astronomy helps determine its precise timing. Sort of.

Just because you don’t believe in God doesn’t mean you aren’t superstitious.

As religious diversity increases in the United States, we must learn to channel religious identity into interfaith cooperation.

Finally, a means for battling the anti-vaccination movement.

In her new documentary, Maxine Trump tackles the topic of choosing not to procreate.

How many abortions are actually performed? Survey dat reveal the complexity in the raging debate.

Comedian Pete Holmes details his struggle with faith, sex, and God.

Roe who?

Is Juche an ideology, a scam, or a very strange religion?

It’s illegal to discriminate against people based on their gender, race, or religion. What about veganism?

Religion does not have a monopoly on meaning.

Here are 7 often-overlooked World Heritage Sites, each with its own history.

He reminds us that meaning is wherever we choose to look.

Self defined not as individual ego, but the whole universe.

Biographies, treatises and stories on the occult and its strange cast of characters.

How the story of a statistics student being late to class became the inspiration for the protagonist of Good Will Hunting.

Both panoramic and detailed, this infographic manages to show both the size and distribution of world religions.

This is the first study to explore not only what percentage of people in the general population choose to watch videos of graphic real-life violence, but also why.

The hard part was keeping the list down to ten.

Surprisingly, many of the world’s most popular religions have a lot to do with anarchy.

Unions between Muslims and non-Muslims played a huge part in the expansion of Islam.

Romans didn’t do festivals half-way.

Jesus wasn’t about promoting divisiveness.

Have we turned the corner of a cold winter?

From animated umbrellas to polite-but-violent turtle-people, Japan’s folklore contains some extremely creative monsters.

Throughout history, hundreds — sometimes thousands — of people have been spontaneously compelled to dance until collapsing or dying from exhaustion. What explanations are there for this bizarre phenomenon?

There are some undeniable parallels between Jewish history and the Big Blue Boy Scout.

Protestantism is good for some people and bad for others. At least that is the conclusion if we are to judge by the stark matters of life, or death, and […]