For many people, being religious means being a religious fundamentalist. From the media, this is the impression often given. However, decades of thinking and research in the psychology of religion ...

(RNS) — Two years ago, Pope Francis denounced what he called “a very strong, organized, reactionary attitude” within the American Catholic church. To his successor, and anyone who wants to understand ...

David French has become my go-to pundit on questions of the interaction among religion, politics and culture. French, a columnist for the New York Times, is proving himself an able successor in my ...

In its theology, Manhattan’s famed old (founded in 1825 ) Broadway Presbyterian Church is conservative: its ministers have always been evangelical, fundamentalists who adhere strictly to the ...

Your recent discussions regarding the unholy marriage of religious fundamentalism with certainty have been great - but I'm surprised you haven't broadened the discussion to include recent events in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

(RNS) — When I was growing up in New Jersey in the 1950s and ’60s, there was persistent political controversy over proposals to put fluoride in the public water supply. Among the leading opponents was ...

The Fundamental Church of Latter-Day Saints is a radical polygamist sect. — -- The Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints has been in the spotlight for the past few years, but there are many ...

A hard racial line divided conservative white and Black Protestants 100 years ago. It didn’t have to be that way. Seventy-four years ago, Carl F. H. Henry, the first editor of Christianity Today, ...

Franklin Tsung, CEO of Future Advice, a sponsor advisory firm working with former CEOs and family offices on private equity situations. What makes Cortlandt Street in North Tarrytown so special? In ...