Psychologists have demonstrated the value of diversity–particularly diversity of viewpoints–
for enhancing creativity, discovery, and problem solving. But one key type of viewpoint …

Evangelicals, once at the periphery of American life, now wield power in the White House
and on Wall Street, at Harvard and in Hollywood. How have they reached the pinnacles of …

Is religion to blame for deadly conflicts? Should religious behaviour be credited more often
for acts of charity and altruism? In what ways are religious and 'spiritual'ideas, practices and …

Objective This study examines how commitment to sectarian P rotestant religious groups
and fundamentalist beliefs in the inerrancy of the B ible influence basic scientific literacy …

Scientists have long been associated with religion's decline around the world. But little data
permit analysis of the religiosity of scientists or their perceptions of the science-faith …

This article addresses the development of attitudes toward religion and identity formation
among “active” atheists—that is, those who participate in atheist activism or are members of …

Duarte et al. are correct that the social science enterprise would improve on several fronts if
the number of politically conservative researchers were to increase; however, because they …

Although many scientists agree that evolution does not make claims about God/god (s),
students might assume that evolution is atheistic, and this may lead to lower evolution …

I challenge the scholarly contention that increases in education uniformly lead to declines in
religious participation, belief, and affiliation. I argue that education influences strategies of …

Some claims (eg, that the Earth goes around the Sun) seem to call out for explanation: they
make us wonder “why?”. For other claims (eg, that God exists), one might accept that the …