As a psychologist, I am a scientist of human behavior. I am accountable to what can be understood scientifically through empiricism. And yet empiricism is not the only method we use to explore reality ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Impact Of Faith, Religion, And Spirituality On Mental Health Faith, religion, and spirituality are different constructs that ...

Religion is often confused with spirituality. People think that if they are religious, they are spiritual. Spirituality, awakening, Enlightenment, however, is beyond religion. While religion can be ...

Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) tend to be less religious than those who are not LGBT. In addition, adults who are lesbian, gay or bisexual have more negative views than ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being. Religion and spirituality (R/S) are important to the daily lives of many people around the world. The ...

The expectation that modernity would lead to the decline of religion has proven to be a myth. For decades, sociologists like Peter Berger predicted that the advance of science and modernization would ...

There are numerous approaches to conducting the spiritual history of a patient. The American College of Physicians offers four potentially useful questions clinicians can ask patients about ...

For generations, Black women have navigated a fraught relationship with religion. And for good reason — they've had to contend with purity culture, sexism, and the overall erasure of their unique ...

This semester I taught a new course as part of the revised core curriculum at my academic institution. It was one of a range of first-year seminars, which each incoming student takes during their ...

Religion and spirituality encompass belief systems, practices and experiences that shape individuals’ understanding of meaning, purpose and community. A growing body of research has explored how these ...