More houses of worship are offering mental health programs, especially African American congregations.
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COVID-19 has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
From Germany to Georgetown, the Global North has a lot to learn about reckoning successfully with past human rights wrongs.
Religion affects how people regard qualities like benevolence, kindness, conformity and fairness even after they stop practicing religion.
Christian nationalists are far less likely to be vaccinated than other groups, research has found. Some evangelical leaders are trying to counter vaccine misinformation.
Not everyone wants romantic partnership and many singles find more happiness and autonomy in their solo life.
Even though a House majority voted to impeach, President Trump, the process will likely not be finished before he’s left office. A philosopher argues why the impeachment is an important moral action.
When a decision is made and people don’t get the outcome they want, they often tend to see it as unfair. Here’s why.
Though hypocrites seemingly relinquish their moral authority, the trial against Socrates shows us that our favoritism for public figures is stronger than our judgments of their hypocrisy.
President-elect Joe Biden promised to forgive some part of student debt. An ethicist considers what’s fair.
The slave revolt in Berbice, modern-day Guyana, was unusual for its length and near success. So why are so few of the revolt’s documents in the Caribbean nation’s archives?
A philosopher writes about why many of us are feeling tired with the constant onslaught of information coming at us.
Here’s how governments can get more people to follow COVID-19 guidelines.
The CDC has released conflicting messages on masks and transmission of the coronavirus. A scholar explains the nature of trust and why institutions need to be careful.
The pontiff hasn’t changed church teaching on marriage in indicating support for same-sex civil unions. Rather, he is reminding Catholics they should be concerned about justice for all.
The lifelong activist and Dominican sister was arrested over 40 times, often with Sister Carol Gilbert, for peaceful actions protesting nuclear weapons.
Many of us believe that outrage is an appropriate response to what appears to be a selfishly motivated refusal to wear a mask, but is it?
The response to the sex scandal that led to Jerry Falwell Jr. resigning as president of Liberty University falls into a gendered pattern often seen among evangelicals.
From the earliest days of the anti-slavery movement, Black religious leaders have infused the fight for civil rights with spirituality.
Understanding how unrest informed both early Christianity and the foundational stories of the United States can serve as a guide in this current period of turmoil.
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Professor of Management & Organizations, University of Michigan
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Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of Classics and Digital Humanities, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Memphis
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Literary Historian, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Professor of Education and Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
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Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union