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Tag: Religion and society

America the secular? What a changing religious landscape means for US politics

David Campbell, University of Notre Dame and Geoffrey C. Layman, University of Notre Dame After climbing for decades, the...

From censorship to curiosity: Pope Francis’ appreciation for the power of...

Joëlle Rollo-Koster, University of Rhode Island In January 2025, while doing research at the Vatican archives, I heard Pope...
Thai men can be ordained from a few days to the rest of their lives. Pakin Songmor/Moment via Getty Images

What ‘The White Lotus’ gets wrong about the meaning and goals...

Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The new season of “The White Lotus” is set on a luxury resort on the...
A five-story replica of a stamp of Superman in 1998 in Cleveland, home of the superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File

See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the...

Miriam Eve Mora, University of Michigan Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas....

Who’s who at the Vatican?

Daniel Speed Thompson, University of Dayton For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news...

Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about...

Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Oklahoma can open St. Isidore:...
These values seem due more to shared intuitions than local customs or social practices. arturbo/E+ via Getty Images

An eye for an eye: People agree about the values of...

Yunsuh Nike Wee, Oklahoma State University; Daniel Sznycer, Oklahoma State University, and Jaimie Arona Krems, University of California, Los Angeles

Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why...

Stephen Lind, University of Southern California It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The...

EXPLORING NATURE

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison