Eric Hanson, professor of political science, Santa Clara University, gave this presentation at a panel on Global Ethical Leadership, May 6, 2004. He is the author of The Catholic Church in World ...

For this report, we gathered data on existing “stocks” of international migrants – all adults and children who now live outside their birth country, no matter when they left. (This report does not ...

Devotees light earthen lamps to mark the festival of Kartik Purnima in Hyderabad, India, in November 2019. (Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images) How we did this This Pew Research Center study describes ...

Read enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer to the cryptocurrency as a religion. As a scholar of religion, I think this is the wrong question to ask. The dirty secret ...

Read enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer to the cryptocurrency as a religion. The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, ...

So does Bitcoin’s having prophets, evangelists, and dietary laws make it a religion or not? As a scholar of religion, I think this is the wrong question to ask. The dirty secret of religious studies ...

A glance at recorded history shows us that humans have “always” felt a need to explain phenomena perceived to exist beyond our comprehension. Today, we turn to science to seek answers to our questions ...

(The Conversation) — With mantras, a mysterious founder and promises of societal salvation, there are echoes of religious traditions in the cryptocurrency. (The Conversation) — Read enough about ...