Religious life was converting to tech before COVID
The pandemic has made livestreamed worship services the new normal, but research finds an existing and growing role for technology in religious life.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: covid-19 religion mobile-devices featured society-and-culture social-lives
What’s behind evangelical support for Trump?
How does religion factor into the presidential election for evangelical voters? An expert digs into faith and politics in the US.
Oct. 20, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: politics religion society-and-culture identity elections
US Muslims are more likely to face bias than Christians
In an experiment focused on public schools, researchers found religious discrimination against Muslims and atheists was more likely than against Christians.
Sept. 28, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: religion bias discrimination united-states society-and-culture
Misguided beliefs drive pro-vaccine policy opposition
While a new study finds broad support in the US for pro-vaccine public policy, it also shows that misinformed beliefs are the biggest driver of opposition.
Sept. 10, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: covid-19 religion vaccines featured health-and-medicine beliefs
Faith and politics mix to drive evangelical Christians' climate change denial
Few white evangelicals in the U.S. say they believe in human-made climate change. This strand of science denial seems to have as much to do with conservative politics as the Bible's teachings.
Sept. 9, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: climate-change global-warming climate-change-denial religion-and-society creationism science-denial motivated-reasoning science-and-religion anthropogenic-global-warming christians skepticism evangelical-christians climate-skepticism conservative-christians climate-change-risk
Scriptures rarely a significant motivating factor behind violence, say researchers
Many people misunderstand the relationship between religion, scripture and violence, a new book argues. Some people worry that scriptures such as the Qur’an
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: religion violence terrorism
Inca llama shell offering found at bottom of Lake Titicaca
The discovery of a carved stone box suggests that Lake Titicaca was a locus of ritual and ceremonial activity by the Inca, researchers say.
Aug. 17, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: archaeology religion peru science-and-technology ancient-history
Hagia Sophia ‘time tunnel’ linked Ottoman and Roman Empires
Hagia Sophia has been a cathedral, a mosque, a museum, and now again a mosque. But past conquests don't fully explain its legacy, a historian says.
Aug. 10, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: history art religion society-and-culture beliefs
At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old
A Kentucky museum tells the history of the universe according to the Bible in an effort to debunk evolution. Its owner, the Christian group Answers in Genesis, promotes right-wing political causes.
July 27, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: evolution bible religion-and-society creationism christianity biblical-flood evangelicals christian-right genesis biblical-narratives fundamentalist-christianity
Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which means putting ethics before profits
The high cost of pharmaceuticals often means only the richest patients get lifesaving medicines. As coronavirus drugs emerge, it will require hard, creative work to ensure they're available to all.
July 16, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: covid-19 coronavirus global-health ethics inequality tuberculosis prescription-drug-prices remdesivir covid-19-vaccine religion-and-society bioethics access-to-medicines drug-prices essential-medicines polio-vaccination ethical-dilemma
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