Queen Mangayarkarasi was far more than a devout consort of the Pandya court. Through quiet political strategy, she helped ...

Paranormal beliefs create a sense of control, predictability and comfort in uncertain times, according to academic studies. That doesn’t explain why some people find them more appealing than others, ...

There is a feeling that religion can influence political agendas and election results. Religion contributes significantly to the formation of laws. Religion is the basic element of legal processes.

Are your beliefs keeping you from reaching the success you deserve? Here’s how to transform them. Many people come to therapy with deeply ingrained beliefs they’ve held for years. They often say ...

The beliefs we hold develop from a complex dance between our internal and external lives. A recent study uses well-known formalisms in statistical physics to model multiple aspects of belief-network ...

Mr. Henderson is the author of “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.” Ms. Crouse is a producer with Opinion Video, and Mr. Oliver is a video producer and editor. In a 2017 ...

EW's 2024 Summer Preview has dozens of exclusive looks at the most anticipated TV shows, movies, books, and music of entertainment's hottest season. Continue to visit ew.com throughout May for more ...

(RNS) — Often cast as the most transcendent sect of Hinduism, Shaivism’s appeal to scientific-minded Hindus is becoming more visible. (RNS) — For most of his life, Rishik Dhar was areligious. An ...

In September, standing before a room full of Christian conservatives, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a bold pronouncement: “I don’t know how you could be a leader without having faith in God.” Being ...

In the same way that you don’t notice the specifics of your own culture until you travel elsewhere, you don’t really notice your social class until you enter another one. As an undergraduate at Yale a ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

New studies on social media’s influence tell a complicated story. By Amanda Taub It was the social-science equivalent of Barbenheimer weekend: four blockbuster academic papers, published in two of the ...