The study of religion, society and culture explores the intricate relationships between religious beliefs and practices, the cultural narratives they inspire, and the societal institutions in which ...

A new study argues that human culture — including religion, politics and war — influences how wildlife evolves in cities. In Los Angeles, factors such as policing, zoning, and local values and ...

Christian Smith responds to CT’s reviews of Why Religion Went Obsolete. Of all the themes I stress in Why Religion Went Obsolete, the importance of “deep culture” is among the most fundamental.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Bhutan, Druk Nyo Foundation, a social and cultural organisation—has started working on a project to rediscover and document Buddhism’s deep reverence for nature ...

As an essential condition for the pluralism of cultures and beliefs in a society, the religious neutrality of public institutions relegates religion and beliefs to the private sphere and that of ...

In The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex & Controversy in the 1980s (FSG, May), essayist Paul Elie looks at everything from Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” ...