Tag: religious belief
An interfaith discussion on the role of religion in mental health
Emily Costello, The Conversation and Thalia Plata, The Conversation
Religious leaders often try to support the people they serve...
How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University
In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a...
Yes, there is a war between science and religion
Jerry Coyne, University of Chicago
As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the boundaries of...
The monster festival: A pilgrimage to small town America
Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University
One of my hobbies is dragging my patient wife to small towns to study beliefs and practices related to...
Philosophical toolkit in tow, scholar travels to conflict zones
Carlos Fraenkel, McGill University
Over the past few years, I’ve organized philosophy workshops around the world: with students at Palestinian and Indonesian universities, Hasidic Jews...
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...
