Feature Channels: Religion

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Thomas Hirschl, a Cornell University professor of development sociology whose research focuses on social class differences, is the lead author of a study that examines religious polarization among American voters. He comments on those findings, and their implications for the 2012 presidential race.

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Judi Neal’s new book, The Spirit of Project Management, examines the role of spirituality in project management and explains how spirituality inspires team members and positively affects performance.

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As the Christian retailing industry grows, so too grows tension when artists must decide whether to target their message and marketing efforts toward non-Christians.

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Concerned bioethicists and medical professionals, including faculty members from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, have sent a letter to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg supporting the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's proposed amendment to the city health code regarding ritual circumcision.

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The next superstar of the Muslim world might not be a political activist or a crusading journalist; instead it just might be a Lebanese singer who was raised in Sweden, worked in New York City and lives in Malaysia. That’s only one of the fascinating insights Dr. Sean Foley gained during his 15-month trip to Southeast Asia in 2010-11.

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Three prominent experts on Mormon history, culture and religion and a former Utah senator are the featured speakers for an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis forum on Mormonism in today’s society.

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American megachurches use stagecraft, sensory pageantry, charismatic leadership and an upbeat, unchallenging vision of Christianity to provide their congregants with a powerful emotional religious experience, according to research from the University of Washington.

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David Montgomery, a University of Washington geologist, is the author of a new book that explores the long history of religious thinking on matters of geological discovery, particularly flood stories such as the biblical account of Noah's ark.

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A University of South Carolina sociologist uses 100 years of New York Times obituaries as a cultural barometer.

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A new political ad by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in which he accuses President Obama of “waging war on religion,” is an opening salvo in religious rhetoric that likely will escalate as the November election approaches, predicts a Baylor University political expert and author.

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Fears of terrorism in Europe and the United States have deteriorated into an irrational suspicion of Muslims, which will continue until the West turns its critical eye inward.

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New UT psychology study shows the reasons why people find logic in magical rituals and the supernatural. The study provides new insight into cognitive reasoning processes — and how people intuitively make sense out of the unknown.

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As candidates and campaigns reach out to people of faith and religious organizations join the fray over hot topics such as same-sex marriage and contraception coverage, a 32-page document drafted by national religious leaders (“Religious Expression in American Public Life: A Joint Statement of Current Law) answers election-relevant questions about the separation of church and state.