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January 04, 2013

Interview: Michael Ruse on Evolution, Creationism, and Religion

Daniel Ansted, contributor to ScienceOnReligion.org, recently conducted an interview with his former mentor and well-known...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

How are religious values passed down through families?

Focusing specifically on how grandmothers pass on their religious values to their granddaughters, psychologists Denise...

December 13, 2012

Why atheist scientists bring their children to church

Sociologists Elaine Ecklund and Kristen Lee found that some atheist scientists bring their children to...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

Forgiveness may affect longevity, health

A new research paper in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine shows that attaching conditions to...

October 20, 2012

Religious conservatism may be driven by the disgust response

New research shows that religious conservatism may be a product of our natural disgust response,...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

Not conservatives, but religious people, more charitable

Sociologists Brandon Vaidyanathan, Christian Smith (both University of Notre Dame), and Jonathan Hill (Calvin College)...

September 22, 2012

Dalai Lama: We need ethics beyond religion

In a public statement, the Dalai Lama has claimed that humanity's ethics and morals need...

September 14, 2012

Where does religious doubt come from? The forebrain

Why do we doubt our religious beliefs? New research from the University of Iowa shows...

September 07, 2012

AAP: Health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh risks

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated their position on circumcision, concluding that it...

August 2012

August 21, 2012

Does religion turn people into haters?

New research conducted in the U.S., Poland, and Iran shows that certain types of religiosity...

August 13, 2012

Is religion disappearing?

Does increased modernity and economic development really lead to a decline in religion? Political scientists...

August 07, 2012

Education’s effect on religion

Interested in higher education’s real effect on religion, sociologist Jonathan Hill (Calvin College) found that...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

Circumcision in religion: What does science say?

People have an inalienable right to their bodies, right? Well, sort of. This author thinks...

June 12, 2012

Does religion make us moral?

Does religion make us moral or not? Researcher Paul Bloom (an atheist, mind you) thinks...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Analytical thinking vs. religion

New studies show that analytical thinking is negatively correlated with religiosity. Connor Wood shows why...

May 14, 2012

Atheism: a personality profile

Jonathan Morgan For half a decade, the cognitive science of religion has sought the evolutionary...

May 07, 2012

Muslim prayer may increase alpha waves in the brain

Connor Wood The religious brain is hot stuff right now. Publications as diverse as Science and Newsweek seem to...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Religious terrorism: an evolutionary explanation

Connor Wood Interest in the scientific study of religion has surged over the past decade....

April 21, 2012

God spot in the brain? More like God spots

Nicholas C. DiDonato Neurologists have long wondered whether a particular part of the brain can...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Religion: is it sexist?

Nicholas C. DiDonato For many in the West, religion seems to oppress women. Conservative Christians...

March 23, 2012

Darwinism: It’s true. But it ain’t pretty

Connor Wood For the scientifically literate, few things are as confusing as the persistent, even...

March 18, 2012

Gamma waves help meditation change the brain

Connor Wood Long-term meditators know that meditation can change people’s experience of the world, usually...

March 03, 2012

Why the feud between Darwin and religion?

Connor Wood In 2009, the world marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles...