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A sense of threat can fuel Christian nationalism. Win McNamee/Getty Images

August 20, 2026

Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat

Brooklyn Walker, University of Tennessee and Paul Djupe, Denison University

Two political scientists explain why Christian nationalist beliefs endure.

Mulheres, jovens adultos e pessoas LGBTQ+ são as pessoas que mais tendem a buscar orientação e significado para suas vidas na astrologia, que veem como parte espiritualidade, parte prática cultural, parte entretenimento e parte linguagem para compreender a si mesmas e aos outros. We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images

September 10, 2025

Astrologia, uma pseudociência que ganha força em tempos de incertezas

Shiri Noy, Denison University; Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University, and Katie E. Corcoran, West Virginia University

Assim como as gerações anteriores recorriam à oração ou a rituais, muitas pessoas hoje estão se voltando para as estrelas em busca de significado.

Women, younger adults and LGBTQ+ people are most likely to look to the stars for guidance. We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images

September 5, 2025

Astrology’s appeal in uncertain times

Shiri Noy, Denison University; Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University, and Katie E. Corcoran, West Virginia University

Just as earlier generations might have turned to prayer or ritual, many people today are turning to the stars.

Reproducing results can increase trust in scientific studies. Huntstock via Getty Images

June 6, 2025

Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skepticism

Sarah R. Supp, Denison University; Anne M. Nurse, The College of Wooster; Joseph Holler, Middlebury College; Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst College; Peter Kedron, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Richard Ball, Haverford College

How do you ensure scientific research can be trusted? The concept of reproducibility can help.

Letitia Wright played Shuri who became the new Black Panther. Agustin Cuevas/Getty Images for Disney

December 22, 2023

Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero: how Wakanda Forever broke the mould

Diana Adesola Mafe, Denison University

Few film-makers imagined Black women as a primary audience. This has changed over time.

Ilustrasi umat Buddha. Sadaham Yathra/Pexel

March 19, 2023

Ajaran tradisional agama Buddha tidak mengakui LGBTQ dalam kehidupan biara, tapi ini semua perlahan berubah

Jue Liang, Denison University

Secara tradisional, untuk diterima menjadi bagian dari kehidupan biara Buddha, seseorang harus memenuhi sejumlah persyaratan, termasuk memiliki identitas seksual yang “jelas”.

Novice Buddhist monks during a mass ordination at Dhamagaya Temple in central Thailand in 2010. AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong

December 8, 2022

Traditional Buddhist teachings exclude LGBTQ people from monastic life, but change is coming slowly

Jue Liang, Denison University

Traditional ordination into a Buddhist monastic life requires meeting guidelines based on male and female genders.

The number of women religious leaders is growing, but the 2018-2019 National Congregations Study, which surveyed 5,300 U.S. religious communities, found that only 56.4% of these communities would allow a woman to “be head clergy person or primary religious leader.” AP Photo/Young Kwak

January 7, 2022

Women are finding new ways to influence male‑led faiths

Emily Costello, The Conversation and Thalia Plata, The Conversation

Three female academics discuss how women are forging new pathways in faith leadership throughout religions that traditionally have been patriarchal.

Nuns from Taiwan pray in Taipei on May 8, 2011, in celebration of the Buddha’s birth anniversary. Patrick Lin/AFP via Getty Images

December 9, 2021

Buddhist nuns and female scholars are gaining new leadership roles, in a tradition that began with the ordination of Buddha’s foster mother

Jue Liang, Denison University

Traditionally, Buddhism has been opposed to women taking on leadership roles. However, nuns in many Buddhist-majority countries are challenging the patriarchal rules.

A volunteer sets up beds in what would have been a field hospital in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

April 27, 2020

From pews to patients – churches have long served as hospitals, particularly in times of crisis

Adam J. Davis, Denison University

Images of religious buildings being used to treat the sick shouldn’t come as surprise. The practice has a long tradition, dating back to the Middle Ages.

September 30, 2013

Indonesia’s Samalas volcano may have kickstarted the Little Ice Age

Akshat Rathi, The Conversation

A volcano in Indonesia may be the location of a massive “mystery eruption” that has perplexed volcanologists for decades, according to a new study. The eruption occurred in 1257, and it could also be one…

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Christian nationalists’ professed support for religious pluralism is often drowned out by perceptions that Christians are under threat

Astrologia, uma pseudociência que ganha força em tempos de incertezas

Astrology’s appeal in uncertain times

Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skepticism

Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero: how Wakanda Forever broke the mould

Ajaran tradisional agama Buddha tidak mengakui LGBTQ dalam kehidupan biara, tapi ini semua perlahan berubah

Traditional Buddhist teachings exclude LGBTQ people from monastic life, but change is coming slowly

Women are finding new ways to influence male‑led faiths

Buddhist nuns and female scholars are gaining new leadership roles, in a tradition that began with the ordination of Buddha’s foster mother

From pews to patients – churches have long served as hospitals, particularly in times of crisis

Indonesia’s Samalas volcano may have kickstarted the Little Ice Age

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