The treatment of peer-reviewed science as an unquestionable form of authority is corrupting the peer-review system and damaging public debate.

The Great Recession is not just an economic crisis, it is the result of a loss of values, a moral crisis. And to say that it is a moral crisis is also to say that it is a spiritual crisis.

Why, in their past lives, was everybody a princess or mighty warrior? Didn’t anybody dig ditches in the ancient world? Who took out the garbage? Who fed the elephants?

Laura Fitzpatrick of Time Magazine interviews Dr. Jeffrey Long, author of Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences.

The senior editor of Religion Dispatches sits down with Jacob Needleman, philosopher and author of the recent book, What is God.

Nityananda Prabhu traveled throughout Bengal making his humble appeal: “Give all your attention to Gauranga and you will be benefited beyond expectation. This is my request to you.”

Swami B. V. Tripurari offers a historical overview of the relationship between Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura and his brother, Lalita Prasada.

If self-interest, short-sightedness, and revenge formed the pinnacle of human aspirations, then we could rejoice that civilization has fulfilled its destiny.

Most neuroscientists, philosophers of the mind, and science journalists feel the time is near when we will be able to explain the mystery of human consciousness in terms of the activity of the brain. There is, however, a vocal minority of neurosceptics who contest this orthodoxy.

Religions derive their power and popularity in part from the ethical compass they offer. So why do so many faiths help perpetuate something that most of us regard as profoundly unethical: the oppression of women?

Maybe this is the New Atheists’ biggest problem: As living proof that religion isn’t a prerequisite for divisive fundamentalism, they are walking rebuttals to their own ideology.