Tag: Religion
Religion is uniquely human, but computer simulations may help us understand...
Wesley Wildman, Boston University
When disaster strikes, people often turn to religion for comfort and support. A powerful recent example of this comes from a...
30 years after Edwards v. Aguillard: Why creationism lingers in public...
John E. Taylor, West Virginia University
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Edwards v. Aguillard, a groundbreaking case...
Mainstream media outlets are dropping the ball with terrorism coverage
Philip Seib, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
News coverage of the Manchester terrorist attack was sadly familiar: cellphone videos of...
What Gorsuch’s conservative Supreme Court means for workers
Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore
As Neil Gorsuch takes his seat on the Supreme Court, the 4-4 ideological stalemate that plagued the institution...
What the Heaven’s Gate suicides say about American culture
Ben Zeller, Lake Forest College
Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness 20 years ago this...
2015, the year that was: arts and culture
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
With the New Year approaching, we highlight the top arts and culture stories from 2015.
Over the past year, there was no...
A force awakened: why so many find meaning in Star Wars
Patti McCarthy, University of the Pacific
After witnessing the overwhelming popularity of Star Wars, director Francis Ford Coppola told George Lucas he should start his...
We don’t know if God exists, but we should keep asking
By Graham Oppy, Monash University
Disputes about the existence of God — like most disputes about religion, politics, and sex — almost always generate heat...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
