Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day in 1908 to honor women’s collective work for peace. Today, the celebration is largely detached from its political origins.
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Research shows discrimination often reduces civic engagement among marginalized groups. These women are bucking that trend.
AI is making its way into the courtroom, but it can never replicate the moral legitimacy of a human jury.
Pope Leo is following the teachings of Francis on human dignity and applying them to ongoing international crises, argues a scholar of global Catholicism.
Everyone likes being told they’re clever, even if it’s coming from an AI chatbot. But their sycophancy has serious consequences for truth and trust.
Three women sat for an exam administered by Israel’s Rabbinate, the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious leadership within Orthodox Judaism.
In two online surveys, researchers found that Americans’ concern for future generations is often underestimated.
Courage is widely considered a fundamental human virtue. A professor of psychology and a university president break down the components of courageous action.
American courts have legislated the Bible’s role in classrooms for more than a century. Whether it’s constitutional depends on the aims of teachers’ lessons.
While religious minorities have often faced hostility, many Americans have long believed in religious liberty and a more inclusive society, writes a historian of American religion.
Debates about religion’s role in America often circle back to the country’s founding documents.
Just war theory, developed over centuries, focuses on six criteria for assessing whether a conflict is justified.
The increasing percentage of Americans who are not married or in a long-term partnership is testing employers, marketers and religious institutions.
The folk tales of Nasreddin Hoja, which likely originated in 13th-century Turkey, carry many lessons for us today.
Surveys about religion often ask a single question about how often people go to services. That means researchers miss an important piece of the puzzle.
Negative portrayals of Muslims shape public attitudes and lead to increased discrimination, often resulting in hate crimes and psychological harm.
Satellite television has been a key tool for evangelical churches to reach Christians and potential converts in Iran.
From its earliest centuries, Christianity was bound up with politics, with frequent tensions between government power and religious authority.
AI bots promise limitless companionship – but limits are what makes human relationships meaningful, a philosopher argues.
Pope Leo responded firmly to Trump’s scathing criticism. A deeper dive into our archives explains how the exchange might well show a recurring dynamic.
Long-standing Christian narratives about Islam continue to inform political language, argues a sociologist of Islam.
Topics such as sexual assault have been difficult for survivors and historians to write about, even decades after the war.
It may seem like a paradox, but it takes good friends for someone to really understand themselves – and grow in virtue, as Aristotle argued.
Africa represents the fastest-growing part of the Catholic Church. The pope’s 2026 journey will stop in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria and Angola.
In the early days of the United States, Philly was a hotbed of conspiracy theories as fears grew that secret societies sought to dismantle religion’s influence on society.