Catholic sisters outnumber priests and religious on every continent.

There is much more to the Kama Sutra than just sex. It's a guide to anyone wanting more pleasure in life, however they take it.

Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.

A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.

Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.

Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.

Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.

We value human life in a way that assumes we possess a sacred something not found in beings like lambs, turkeys, or mosquitoes.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.

When Saint Ambrose of Milan was venerated, his life became public property, its meaning expanding with the unique interpretations of each new generation.

From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.

Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don't some consider it philosophy?

Death is the great and terrifying unknown, awaiting us all at the end of this life. Giving it a personality makes it easier to gaze upon.

The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.

The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.

Or you might just be a Leo.

Do your kids a favor and give them the gift of philosophy this Christmas.

Spoiler alert: Everyone dies.

Far from acting as the conduits of a benevolent deity, these religious leaders threw the teachings of their own church out of the window.

Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion.

The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.

This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.

It’s not a question we know enough to know the answer to, but to dismiss the possibility is scientifically baseless. There’s one question that most of us ask at some […]