30 October 2012
In a new book, sociologists Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb seek to challenge the widespread view that religious beliefs and... Read more
Topic: book review
28 September 2012
The effort to reform the Catholic Church along liberal lines may result less in changing the church than in generating... Read more
03 July 2012
The subject of testing prayer through scientific methods has become more contested in recent years because of the sharp variation... Read more
19 February 2012
A new study of converts to Eastern Orthodox churches finds that the search for roots and traditional forms of worship... Read more
31 August 2011
A new book is unique among the steady stream of books on terrorism and Islam in devoting most of... Read more
09 March 2011
The 2008 government raid on a community of fundamentalist Mormon polygamists in Texas not only brought the unusual phenomenon of... Read more
04 January 2010
Uniatism remains a contentious issue in Catholic-Orthodox relations. A recent book by Albanian-born scholar Ines Angeli Murzaku brings to light... Read more
30 July 2009
Is the Church of Scientology gaining or losing members and influence? The answer to that question may depend on who... Read more