Tag: Religion and society
The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Brittany Romanello, University of Arkansas
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spent the past few weeks...
Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Konden Smith Hansen, University of Arizona
Russell M. Nelson, a former heart surgeon and longtime church leader, was 93...
Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier
Art Jipson, University of Dayton
Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally,...
Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom...
Roy Scranton, University of Notre Dame
No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and...
What an old folktale can teach us about the ‘annoying persistence’...
Perin Gürel, University of Notre Dame
Fear of reprisals from the Trump administration has made many people cautious about...
Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious
Brendan Szendro, McGill University
The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their...
The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination – for the ancient...
Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Tufts University
Many of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind...
Yellowstone has been a ‘sacred wonderland’ of spiritual power and religious...
Thomas S. Bremer, Rhodes College
Nearly 5 million travelers come to Wyoming to visit Yellowstone National Park each year,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
