Traumatic events can make people question assumptions about their lives, including their spiritual beliefs.
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Many Americans imagine evangelicals as a monolithic group that supports conservative policies and always talks about their faith. Three experts found in a study that the picture is far more complex.
Buddhist meditation apps are an increasingly popular stress-reliever for people on the go. But do these apps really work? Or are they products of a lucrative industry contributing to a tech addiction?
A chaplain of the Paris Fire Brigade helped save several items during the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Rarely seen, fire chaplains often take enormous risks to provide support during disasters.
Meister Eckhart was a 14th-century Dominican friar, who gave sermons on the direct experience of God. His words are finding resonance among today’s spiritual seekers.
Nearly one of every four people in the US is unaffiliated, which has prompted speculation that this would increase support for liberal policies. A scholar provides some lessons from history.
We often rush by without looking, but America’s rich spiritual and religious life is reflected in these sanctuaries.
Even as congregations decline, chapels, meditation and prayer rooms are evolving as spaces of multi-faith worship and quiet reflection.
Americans are increasingly choosing not to identify with any religious tradition. But this group of irreligious people is a complex one – with different relationships to religion.
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Professor of Sociology and President, Bryn Mawr College
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Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality, Michigan State University
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Associate Teaching Professor in Religious Studies, Arizona State University
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
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PhD Candidate, Sociology and Demography, The University of Texas at Austin
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Centennial Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Practical Theology & Spiritual Care, Emory University
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President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of East Asian Religions, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Director of Research, Special Projects, President's Office, Bryn Mawr College
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University