The ongoing debate about the Ten Commandments in public spaces is about much more than religious symbols. It is about power, control, and the manipulation of religion for political ends. It is about ...

Legalism, from a biblical perspective, represents a dangerous distortion of genuine faith by emphasizing strict adherence to ...

Theology and Religious Studies at USD provides multidisciplinary training in the exploration of religious meaning. We create opportunities for students to explore religion as a constitutive element of ...

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nonreligious Americans, and narrowing gender gap. A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and the rise of the religiously ...

The question of whether science and religion are at odds or generally compatible has long been a topic of interest to philosophers, theologians and scientists, among others. In the Religious Landscape ...

In the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS), 59% of adults who identify with a religion say that homosexuality should be accepted by society, up a bit from 55% in 2014 and from 46% in 2007. 68 This ...

Curiosity About Religion Is Viewed as Morally Virtuous, New Research Finds Sep. 21, 2023 — People from diverse religious backgrounds in the United States view curiosity about religion as morally ...

Noam Chomsky’s concept of “authoritarian legalism” describes how regimes manipulate legal frameworks to maintain power while projecting a facade of democracy. In Uganda, under President ...

A homie ended an email to me recently saying, “Today, I will surrender to God’s arms, then choose to be those arms.” Mystic and translator of mystics Mirabai Starr states plainly that ...

It received the presidential assent on October 25, 1978. The Act seeks to prohibit conversions from one religion to another through force, inducement, or fraud. It prescribes imprisonment of up ...