With his usual verve, Rodney Stark takes aim at the functionalist model of religion (“Why Gods Should Matter in Social Science,” The Review, June 6). Stark’s research methods are first-rate, and his ...

Why do people distrust atheists? A study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people ...

THE old humanity,” writes an historian of Islam, “had been killed by the new religion.” This is what always happens. True morality, the adepts of each religion tell us, is dependent on their ...

In this week’s JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with author Robert Wright, who discussed his vision of how various cultures’ notions of God have evolved throughout history. Wright suggested that, at their ...

Morality concerns what is right and wrong in the form of obligations toward others. These include both legal obligations as well as obligations of virtue, such as kindness, honesty, and respect, which ...

The Democrat Party’s numerous presidential hopefuls have gone beyond making cockamamie promises of public goods they cannot in fact deliver to denigrating the United States of America as a fatally ...

Sub-saharan Christian migrants attend a mass at the St. Francis Cathedral in the Libyan capital Tripoli Friday. (Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images) Kate Cohen’s May 2 op-ed, “Don’t equate religion with ...

(The Conversation) — Why do people distrust atheists? A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world.

November 29, 2004 • The recent presidential election revived a long-simmering debate about the moral values shared by most Americans and how they are shaped by religion and politics. NPR's Tavis ...

A recent study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people assumed that those who ...