This semester I taught a new course as part of the revised core curriculum at my academic institution. It was one of a range of first-year seminars, which each incoming student takes during their ...

Majorities in the six countries surveyed believe in God, in life after death, and that spells, curses or other magic can ...

For anyone who has worked desk jobs at institutions like Hebrew College or the YWCA, workplace spirituality can seem to be an inconspicuous part of daily life. But it’s a different story when people ...

A man burns joss sticks in a cemetery during the Ching Ming Festival, or Grave Sweeping Day, in Hong Kong. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images) How we did this For this report, we surveyed 10,390 ...

Angels, aliens, and ghosts—oh my! In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we figure out how the paranormal and supernatural shows up in our religions, and outside of them. If you or someone you ...

The first time I heard the concept of “multiple religious belonging,” I was a college student. Iyanla Vanzant was a visiting professor at Bennett College during my senior year in 2011. While I wasn’t ...

Four out of five first-year college students now report having an interest in spirituality, as modern day politics fail to ...

Several years ago, my family and I traveled to the Isle of Skye, an island near the coast of northwest Scotland. Arriving at night, I had no sense of the place. So, at the crack of dawn, I went out to ...

(RNS) — Last week, Pew released a new survey describing the state of spirituality in America. It contains a lot of interesting information about Americans’ spiritual beliefs as well as new demographic ...

Last week’s Pew survey shows that Americans are increasingly becoming more spiritual than religious. In fact, 41% of adults grew more spiritual, compared with 24% who grew more religious over their ...