Belief has always been part of the human story, etched into stone, sung in ritual, and woven through every culture. Across continents and centuries, gods were named, stories preserved, and sacred ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

"Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in everything from school textbooks to political ...

Introduction : the myth of American religious freedom -- Contested liberties -- A godless government? -- The moral establishment -- The moral purpose of slavery and abolition -- Moral reproduction and ...

Science has replaced superstition. Technology has liberated humanity from primitive explanations about spirits, transcendence ...

The notion that much of the Bible is myth has long been held by some Protestant theologians, including the U.S.’s Paul Tillich and Germany’s Rudolf Bultmann. But this has rarely been stated flatly by ...