⛪ Religion

• 🕉️Infinite Reflection

  What you learn when you let LLMs follow their bliss

• 🤖When a Claude Meets a Claude

  AI stress tests and the "spiritual bliss" attractor

• 👑The Coronation of King Charles III

  The nearly 1,000 years of tradition behind Britain's first crowning in 70 years.

• 🧠What Is Religious Cognition?

  Explore how beliefs in the divine shape our lives and decisions, in this deep dive into the underexplored field of religious cognition.

• 🕯️What the World Has to Learn from the Philosophy of Afro-Brazilian Religions

  Explore how Afro-Brazilian religions blend diverse spiritual elements to address modern life’s complexities.

• 🕊️‘The Best Form of Self-Interest’

  Explore the profound acts of forgiveness within religious communities as they confront unfathomable tragedies with grace and compassion.

• 🕌Religious but Not Spiritual

  Explore how "Never Have I Ever" blends humor with the complexities of Hindu identity in modern America, through the eyes of its vibrant protagonist, Devi.

• 🔮East Asia’s Religious Futures

  Explore how six East Asian countries shape the future of global religion in a groundbreaking survey revealing trends and transformations.

• 🌀What Does a 1,800-year-old Buddhist Classic Have to Say about Quantum Physics and the Nature of Reality?

  A renowned physicist discusses the philosophy of emptiness with the Dalai Lama’s doctor

• 📉Social Hostility Towards Religion Declined in 2019, According to Recent Research

  A Decline in Terrorism Led the Reduction, while Government Hostility Remained Steady

• 🙏The Strangest Gathering of Men

  Explore the 1893 Parliament of World Religions where a Hindu monk holds a Chicago audience spellbound. A truly strange, historic gathering.

• 🧩India’s Patchwork Pluralism

  A groundbreaking nationwide survey explores what Indians believe about their own and their fellow citizens’ religious faiths

• 🔬A Massive New Grant Will Explore the Health Effects of Religion and Spirituality

  For 30 Years This Gold-Standard Study Has Generated Insights on Human Health

• 🧙Witches Among Us

  Witness the grim 1692 execution of Bridget Bishop in Salem. Discover the chilling history behind the witch trials via the linked, fact-checked podcast.

• ⏳An Islamic classical thinker with a message for kids of today

  Discover how the Ghazali Children's Project uses hands-on lessons, like spilling sand, to teach profound spiritual and ethical concepts to children.

• 🌍$2.9 Million to Globalize the Philosophy of Religion

  Amplifying new voices and uncovering important scholarship beyond the Christian and Anglophone worlds

• 🀄Cross-Training to Understand Confucian Culture

  A multidisciplinary investigation of ‘How China Became Chinese.’

• 🌐How to Develop a Belief Network

  Studying the development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior.

• 📊Religion Data, Remixed

  Retooling a Key Resource for Research on Religion

• 📜Convert or Leave

  Go behind the scenes fact-checking The History Channel's 'Convert or Leave' podcast and explore the stark historical choices faced by communities.

• 🕊️Act Like a Holy Man

  A new film will celebrate the lives, friendship and insights of two of our time’s most revered spiritual leaders - Desmond Tutu and the 14th Dalai Lama

• 🕌Advancing the Study of Theology for Emerging Muslim Leaders

  Scholars Are Building a New Academic Program Encompassing Advanced Islamic Theology and Contemporary Thought

• 🎗️The Everything Happens Project

  Fostering new and needed conversations about tragedy, hope, and beauty

• 🌍Accurately Measuring Religious Belief and Attitudes Around the World

  Want to find out the prevalence of atheism? Maybe don’t ask.

• 📚A Browsable, Theological Treasure-Chest

  The new St. Andrews Encyclopædia of Theology hopes to make complex theological topics accessible for people of all backgrounds

• 🙏Certain Religious Beliefs May Foster Resilience in the Face of Economic Adversity

  Tilting a game’s odds in someone’s favor may increase their karmic beliefs

• 📚Theology and Science in Christianity and Islam

  How do you get 10,000 books into the hands of students and scholars in dozens of countries? Logistics, logistics, logistics.

• 🧠How Do Brains Represent Beliefs About God?

  Explore how brains visualize God versus other figures through cutting-edge neuroimaging and machine learning techniques.

• 🕊️What Counts As Religious Experience?

  A new survey framework aims to give researchers better tools to compare extraordinary human experiences.

• 📚How Does Religious Participation Affect Human Flourishing?

  New research to evaluate long-term links between spiritual practice and physical, mental and social well-being

• 🙏The Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Christian Trust in God

  Historical perspective meets cutting-edge practice in new investigations into a central but little-understood aspect of religious life

• 🏰The King and the Cathedral

  Celebrating King Abdullah II’s call for Muslims — and others — to enact their love of God and neighbor

• 🤔Free Will, Moral Responsibility, Divine Providence, and Human Relationships with God

  Who gets to play the blame game?

• 🌾The Foundations of Ancient American Indian Religion and Civilization at Cahokia’s Emerald Shrine

  A remote religious site offers clues about the birth of a unique North American metropolis

• 🕊️The Case of “Secret Society” Religions

  Claiming supernatural power for their members and wielding lasting economic influence, secret societies may represent a key stage in human institution-building

• 🤔The Problem of Evil and Experimental Philosophy of Religion

  What does it take for the idea of God to become philosophically untenable? It may depend on who you ask.

• 🕍Worship - A Jewish Philosophical Investigation

  Practiced by billions of people but largely neglected by philosophers and social scientists, worship is ripe for a new wave of interdisciplinary study

• 🧠The neurostimulation of belief

  Using brain stimulation to test the relationship between intuition and religious belief

• 🕌Developing Religious Leaders with Scientific Awareness

  Research fellowships to rebuild bridges between modern science and Islamic thought

• 🕍Jewish Philosophical Theology

  Looking for new insights about the nature of God in some of Judaism’s oldest sources

• 🎲Models of Providence - an Abrahamic inquiry

  Bridging gaps through an interfaith investigation into the problems and possibilities of randomness

• 🤔How can we discover the properties of God?

  A widely-used philosophical approach to theology may turn out to be less than perfect.

• 🏛️Stanford Religious Liberty Clinic

  Discover how Stanford Law School's Religious Liberty Clinic, in partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, pioneers full-time legal education for defending and understanding religious freedoms.

• 🤝Surprising Allies

  A new book dispels myths about scientists and people of faith

• 🔬Expanding Science for Seminaries

  Equipping tomorrow’s clergy to discuss scientific findings and technological advances — and the big questions they raise

• 🔬Science for Seminaries

  Equipping tomorrow’s clergy to discuss scientific findings and technological advances — and the big questions they raise

• 👑Eight Things You May Not Know About Henry VIII

  Defender of the faith? Yes. Of his wives? Not so much.

• 🀄Seven Things You May Not Know About the Ming Dynasty

  “Zijin Cheng,” means “Purple Forbidden City,” a colorful reference not to the city’s walls but to the night sky.

• 📜Six Things You May Not Know About Magna Carta

  Discover six intriguing aspects of Magna Carta, a charter that shaped modern democracy, forged under duress and rich historical negotiation.

• 🖨️We're All Makers Now

  In a vibrant corner of Manhattan, innovative technology is merging creativity and community.