A common rhetorical strategy when seeking to advance one’s ideological position is to appropriate, alter, and/or expand the otherwise accepted meaning of words, expressions, and symbols. For example, ...

Circles, planets, cities, churches and theaters all have something in common: They all have centers. The center of a circle is where all the radii converge. Planets have a gravitational center toward ...

What we’ll share with you can help you reflect on your own opinions about religious ideas and be better prepared not to assume others are, or are not, religious without getting to know them first. It ...

What is the atheist moral code? We all know what the Christian and Jewish moral codes ask of its adherents. We also know that all of the evil committed by Jews and Christians was the result of ...

FILE - Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters during a caucus night party, Jan. 15, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Before launching his ill-fated campaign ...

The separation of church and state is a new battleground for the American right, with increasing efforts to extend the reach of religion—predominantly Christianity—in politics. The debate around the ...

Penny Edgell receives funding from The National Science Foundation and the Edelstein Family Foundation. Wendy Cadge receives funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and the Templeton Religion Trust. We ...

As one who writes and teaches a lot about secularism and humanism, lectures a lot about atheism and agnosticism, and directs a secular studies program, there are a few common questions/comments that ...