Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many religious graduate students in science say they keep quiet about that aspect of their identity. Sean Anthony Eddy/E+ via ...

Why do scientists turn to questions traditionally reserved for the humanities? Tom McLeish argues for a deep kinship between the two spheres. "Students don't have time for electives. Rather than ...

The study of the psychology of religion has become a domain of active research following the pioneering work of psychologist and philosopher William James, whose book The Varieties of Religious ...

Hatfields and McCoys. Montagues and Capulets. Cats and dogs. Yankees and Red Sox. These are a few of the most famous feuds in history. None, however, has had the civilizational consequences of the one ...

For centuries there has been tension—in churches, the academies, and the public square—between science and religion. Each makes truth claims and addresses essential questions. Science looks at the ...

Suzie Bohlson sits in a sun-drenched California plaza, a pale, slight 53-year-old with a Ph.D. in biology from Notre Dame. Fifteen years ago, she converted to Catholicism, a surprising choice, perhaps ...

Many people think that science is just another religion, no better than their own. Their reasoning is apparently something along these lines: “Beliefs about the unseen world are based entirely on ...

(The Conversation) — Given popular portrayals, you would be forgiven for assuming that the type of person who is a scientist is not the type of person who would be religious. Consider the popular ...

There is, however, a lot of nuance buried in the survey’s results. Here are some interesting numbers from the analysis: overall, 59 percent of respondents said that science and religion are generally ...