Life Exam — “This academic semester we’ve been teaching a course at Yale College titled Life Worth Living. We have noted that American colleges and universities have let consideration of great questions about the meaning of life fade out of their curricula. We have become increasingly dedicated to and adept at identifying and deploying the […]
Why People Exaggerate Religious Behavior
Why People Exaggerate Religious Behavior — Social scientists have learned you can’t always believe what people tell you. An analysis of 3 places in the Muslim world examines whether peoples’ reports of religious behavior match what they do.
U.S. Not Very Religiously Diverse
U.S. Not Very Religiously Diverse –With 78.3 percent of the population identifying as Christian (see Pew’s new Religious Diversity Index), the U.S. religion market is pretty concentrated. In fact, most of our diversity comes from the 16.4 percent who say they have no religion.
Sacred and Profane: How Not to Negotiate with Believers
Sacred and Profane: How Not to Negotiate with Believers — This article on the 1993 Branch Davidian disaster in Waco, TX, profiles religious-as-different and the gap between the secular outlook and certain religious persuasions that can lead to complete disconnect and possible tragedy. The case study is of particular interest in light of today’s same-sex […]
