How does religion influence academic success? Studies have correlated positive school performance to many factors, including the spirituality of a student. Religious students are more likely to do well in school, but sociologists have struggled …
Virginia’s newly-installed governor has sought to join a personal lawsuit challenging the use of masks in schools. Luke Rosiak of the Daily Wire writes: Virginia’s governor, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction have asked …
The University of Alabama is working with the Smithsonian Museum to examine how religion was involved in the January 6 Capitol riot. A new collaborative “Uncivil Religion” website features essays by more than a dozen …
Episcopalians who want to participate in their church’s most authoritative gathering, the General Convention, will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or present a good reason why. Masks will also be required for the convention, …
There has been not been a bigger story this year than the COVID-19 vaccine. It has inspired both hope and controversy. While many have seen the vaccine as a sign that life may soon return …
Evangelicals don’t believe in climate change. That’s the narrative. Except that narrative is swiftly being rewritten. Over the course of six years, Pew Surveys reported that the percentage of evangelicals who believed global warming-driven climate …
When the Rev. Pamela Conrad prays for the peace of the world, she might not always mean this world. She is, after all, the pastor to Mars. The rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in …
Can the government tell churches not to meet in person during a pandemic? The U.S. Supreme Court said “no” Friday in a 6-3 decision in response to two lawsuits that were filed against the State …
Duke University has been named the No. 1 of the Top 50 Christian colleges in the United States by Academic Influence, “a team of academics and data scientists working to provide an objective, non-gameable influence-based …
In many places, people of faith have demonstrated a level of skepticism about COVID-19 vaccines, some because they doubted that the vaccines have been appropriately tested and others having been fed misinformation about the vaccines. …