Author: Yonat Shimron

When David Halperin was 13 and struggling with the very earthly reality that his mother was dying of heart failure, he became obsessed with the out-of-this-world phenomenon of UFOs. The retired professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina never has quite left behind a fascination with things in the heavens; he even…

There has been no sustained community transmission of the coronavirus in the U.S. so far, and many Chinese churches are doing their best to keep it that way. Taped to the glass doors at the entrance of Raleigh Chinese Christian Church in North Carolina is a yellow notice with the word “ATTENTION” in capital letters.…

People who are active in their religious congregations tend to be happier, a new Pew survey finds. But that advantage doesn’t extend to their waistlines. In a meta-analysis of 35 countries, Pew researchers found that religiously active people around the world report a range of desirable health and social outcomes. They vote and volunteer more,…