Anila Ali traces her interest in the interfaith movement to scripture. "God says in the Koran to Muslims," she says, "I have created you into tribes—different tribes—so that you may get to know each ...

Before religions became identities and beliefs turned into boundaries, there was Abraham( prophet and messenger of God), a man remembered not for building an institution, but for trusting in one God.

The October 7 attack on Israel reignited a simmering conflict that has long divided Jews and Muslims in the Middle East and around the world. Prayer may seem an odd choice for an interfaith ...

The Parliament of the World's Religions is about to begin in Chicago. The first Parliament took place in 1893 and is considered the beginning of the modern interfaith movement. One of the world's ...

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 ...

As of 2020, people who identify with a religion make up about 76% of the world’s population, according to a new Pew Research Center study on global religious change. This is down by about 1 percentage ...

Co-authored with Dr. Ken Baskin. Few things are more important to human psychology writ large than religion. But what does this concept really mean? The more deeply we investigate it, the odder ...

Students at elite universities tend to talk a good game when it comes to religious pluralism. Many of them show up on day one already saying all the right things about respecting different faiths. But ...