A Boston University psychological center will begin extending its work of combining religious and scientific studies after receiving a $500,000 grant from an international competition.

Dr. Halla Attallah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Religion and a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Studies from the University of Washington; a Masters in Middle East and Islamic ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Did God make scientists? Most of them don't think so. The first systematic analysis in decades to examine the religious beliefs and practices of elite academics in the sciences ...

Sociology can help us see neglected drivers of religious beliefs. But it shouldn’t lose focus on the beliefs themselves. You should read Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of ...

On Wednesday afternoon, Russell T. McCutcheon had a Zoom call with the chair of a religious-studies department who wanted to get ahead of what has come to seem like an existential crisis in the field.

People who hold both scientific and spiritual beliefs show higher levels of life satisfaction, challenging the common assumption that science and religion don't mix. But research by Brunel University ...

For the past 20 years, Elaine Howard Ecklund has studied scientists’ attitudes towards religion. What she’s found, through more than 40,000 surveys and nearly 2,500 confidential interviews, is that ...

The events of the latter half of the twentieth century and the early twenty-first century have made it clear that religions and their practitioners must be understood for a successful life in the ...

Suzie Bohlson sits in a sun-drenched California plaza, a pale, slight 53-year-old with a Ph.D. in biology from Notre Dame. Fifteen years ago, she converted to Catholicism, a surprising choice, perhaps ...

Robert Gavlak wrote, in a guest column on Dec. 25, that religion and science don't belong in the same classroom. As a Catholic school teacher with a BA in math and an MA in religious studies, I agree.

UC Berkeley has discontinued its religious studies program, removing it from the application process so new students will no longer be able to apply for the major. Bob Jacobsen, dean of undergraduate ...