https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to the cubit en https://religiondispatches.org/2018/01/12/elaine-howard-ecklund-wants-dispel-myths-surrounding-religious-resistance-science Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund studies the intersection of religion and science in Houston, a city with Texas-sized helpings of both: Joel Osteen preaches to packed houses in the old Houston Rockets stadium fifteen minutes from the Texas Medical Center, the… Fri, 12 Jan 2018 02:39:17 EST Sammy Feldblum ed658691-6578-4876-b7ec-84b3664fc52b https://religiondispatches.org/2017/05/03/science-mike-building-christian-science-liturgy-nones “We’re iPhone carrying apes from Mars,” Mike McHargue said to a crowded church auditorium in Denver on a warm September evening. The sweaty crowd laughed, and McHargue smiled from beneath his red beard. In the past two years, McHargue has… Wed, 03 May 2017 03:06:56 EDT D. Ashley Campbell eef6c1dd-fe6d-4464-9715-f51a8ca1c99d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/01/09/trickle-down-metaphysics-and-dawn-trumpian-new-age The complex of American individualism and optimism encompasses both prosperity gospel Christians and California yogis, who may often have more in common than they realize. Mon, 09 Jan 2017 06:47:16 EST Michael Schulson 57139eb4-10f7-4223-84f2-92b215cfdde2 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/22/it-immoral-believe-miracles Whether it’s the Christmas miracle, the dreidel proclaiming that “a great miracle happened there,” or Saturday Night Live poking fun at the miracle narrative, ‘tis the season for miracle mentions to become commonplace. Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:35:54 EST Noah Berlatsky 28aa76d1-531c-4fff-b7b4-0749347f93da https://religiondispatches.org/2016/12/08/man-steel-brings-muscular-message-oppose-right-die-legislation Hanson is a tempting spokesperson for the anti-aid-in-dying movement because he represents its “traditional” family values, a nostalgic view of male independence and dominance within an idealized conception of nuclear families. Thu, 08 Dec 2016 01:11:29 EST Ann Neumann 0e8fd5ff-2789-46c0-bb33-14d0ca49dac0 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/11/07/islamophobia-election-how-muslim-became-racial-identity A Q&A with sociologist Saher Selod. Mon, 07 Nov 2016 08:00:19 EST Michael Schulson 981e3011-f38e-4158-922f-32386f9404cd https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/26/trump-helping-economy-apocalypse-economy The “end of the world” is great for this televangelist’s business. Wed, 26 Oct 2016 01:58:24 EDT Jonathan Root 78a1795a-27fb-4e43-ae41-d051ac7e782b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/20/have-white-evangelicals-become-more-accepting-candidates-personal-immorality-new-data In a recent survey, 72 percent of white evangelicals said immorality wasn’t a detriment to being a good public servant. Thu, 20 Oct 2016 05:25:38 EDT Michael Schulson eedd792c-b67b-46dd-9f3e-4ddb3b7afc6b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/19/lincoln-clinton-and-trump-strategy-spin-straight-bullshit Is someone a liar if they actually believe their delusions to be true? Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:19:04 EDT Martin Jay 3426ccb1-cf98-4288-a06a-748c8abaa897 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/19/politics-fallen-world-lying-fact-checkers-and-future-civilization When, if ever, is it acceptable to lie? Wed, 19 Oct 2016 12:50:55 EDT Michael Schulson 6ad35771-afb3-4399-8c29-b1d08f79a7aa https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/14/will-new-dawkins-foundation-sponsored-app-help-atheists-talk-believers The most outspoken non-believers have been antagonistic, bombastic, and sometimes profoundly embarrassing older white men. Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:56:38 EDT Alana Massey 435ff17d-e1f2-4880-8ca9-9d86b8a6cfc2 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/05/among-problems-trumps-proposed-ban-who-muslim Islamophobia is trending. Wed, 05 Oct 2016 06:28:39 EDT Michael Schulson d9642f8e-af58-4e47-a9b1-13d4ccb031da https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/04/worlds-most-influential-yoga-teacher-homophobic-right-wing-activist He’s also really into herbal remedies and natural foods. Tue, 04 Oct 2016 01:35:05 EDT Andrea R. Jain, Michael Schulson 567dfe0a-6d12-4b44-8979-e85ed81a6fb6 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/28/holey-holey-holey-problem-new-study-valuing-religion-12-trillion-year Does religious activity really account for 7 percent of the U.S. GDP? Wed, 28 Sep 2016 03:57:54 EDT Michael Schulson 1f5009be-c84f-4e8a-bf7d-b8bd3c7917e5 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/15/its-water-and-other-lowlights-presidential-science-debate Jill Stein has gotten savvier on vaccines. Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:53:31 EDT Michael Schulson 40874a81-d76b-4eb5-bbc7-0b0a8785d1e3 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/07/how-group-catholic-pacifists-took-nuclear-state These activists have made headlines—and, in many cases, served prison sentences. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 01:05:50 EDT Eric C. Miller 4614555e-39d4-4bcd-9d8d-600162413294 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/09/01/faith-market-our-national-religion-says-theologian-harvey-cox We all have a lot of praying to do. Thu, 01 Sep 2016 06:20:54 EDT Alan Levinovitz 05ea3e20-35fe-4382-9d1b-4294524c9745 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/23/cern-where-particle-physics-collides-human-sacrifice-apparently Almost no one was fooled last week when footage surfaced of what appeared to be a human sacrifice at the CERN nuclear research facility in Geneva, Switzerland. Footage taken at night from a CERN office shows a cabal of cloaked… Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:29:07 EDT Joseph Laycock b447be48-0d7b-4f93-8fb9-382cf8581bf2 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/22/free-will-fate-and-fivethirtyeight-theology-election-polls Trump’s chances just went down by 4.6%! A look at prophecy as spectator sport. Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:42:56 EDT Alan Levinovitz, Michael Schulson 596f1e60-233d-4430-b939-909a8b5d65ad https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/19/accused-anti-semitism-trump-aide-makes-ancestry-appeal Anti-Semitism lurks around the Trump campaign, and every week seems to bring a new not-necessarily-a-scandal-but- it-sure-sounds-fishy kind of incident. Among other things, the candidate has tweeted an anti-Semitic image, made a comment to Republican Jews about their penchant for business… Fri, 19 Aug 2016 04:38:34 EDT Michael Schulson 2b7285d4-f06a-4c81-9d7d-9522380d0a8e https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/17/come-hell-or-high-water-how-melodrama-disaster-leaves-us-vulnerable Disaster has a clarifying glamour. It promises to highlight virtue and reveal iniquity. Therein lies the problem. Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:58:20 EDT Noah Berlatsky 35885df7-9fa8-41b5-b76b-7d16bf7458cf https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/16/holding-out-hero-new-id-book-aims-save-you-despair-evolution What is remarkable is not even how many times Axe repeats the same argument, but how many times this same argument has been repeated by intelligent design (ID) proponents before him. Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:39:52 EDT Kriti Sharma 1e20c1f6-a9ff-410c-ac1b-36f913589a95 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/10/popes-comments-ideological-colonization-gender-signal-rupture-scientific-community Late last month, two global authorities signaled their positions on gender, sex, and the rights of transgender individuals. One of those authorities was the World Health Organization. The other was the Pope. The difference between their two approaches illustrates a… Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:30:10 EDT Michael Schulson a62fc001-9d63-4a44-a8d0-2e80294f7c2b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/09/case-treating-near-death-experiences-acid-trips Heavenly jaunts aren’t the only kind of near-death experience. Tue, 09 Aug 2016 12:21:02 EDT Andrew Aghapour 95239c36-fc5b-4f35-a956-8d37e09177a8 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/08/03/what-penis-theft-tells-us-about-belief-culture-and-our-brains An early scene in Frank Bures’s The Geography of Madness describes the author wandering through the crowded streets of Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, bumping from person to person to see if anyone showed signs that his penis had… Wed, 03 Aug 2016 01:06:33 EDT Vlad Chituc fe33b88f-c925-4f8f-bbcd-7f88d0fd9543