What is the difference between a religion and a cult? “Cult leaders are not elected,” says cult specialist and deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross. “And, I would say that in the United States, the ...

I received a question about religion and spirituality. Even though they are connected in important ways, there are differences. I consider the topic to be important, but difficult because there are ...

My work is at a nexus between evolutionary psychology and the psychology of religion. I often wonder things like why religions evolved different food practices and why they have different religious ...

Some describe religions as only superficially similar, but fundamentally incompatible. Different religions have their unique way of diagnosing human issues and suggesting contrasting remedies. Many ...

Only a few decades ago, a Christian identity was so common among Americans that it could almost be taken for granted. As recently as the early 1990s, about 90% of U.S. adults identified as Christians.