As I like to tell my graduate students, there’s nothing simple about the social world. The internet is full of clickbait ...

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As the conflict in the hit film ‘Sinners’ unfolds, it deftly interrogates the role of religion within the Black community.

Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

A Public Religion Research Institute poll released around Trump's 100th day in office finds that just about everybody who ...

Religious observers see a growing number of people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality.

As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...

When young father Michael Cochran died in what seemed like a medical mystery, the close-knit city of Beckley, West Virginia, was left stunned. Neighbors swooped in to help Michael’s grieving widow, ...

In March 2023, WellSpan Health hosted the first Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit to be held in Pennsylvania. The summit was intended to expose young people, specifically Black youths ...

No, this matters! Because when it comes to Conjure and Hoodoo—for all Black religion, honestly—the real experts are the practitioners. I know this history; I have connections in these communities. But ...

After each round of voting, the ballot cards are burned. Chemicals are added to make the smoke black or white. Black smoke indicates an inconclusive ballot, while the white smoke announces a new pope.