Q: If one accepts Darwinian evolution, how can one truly reconcile that theory with religion as practiced by most Americans? Even if evolution doesn't conflict with the existence of a God, it does ...

Ever wonder what’s with all that God business? Pascal Boyer offers some answers in Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought (Basic Books). Mr. Boyer, a professor of collective ...

My work is at a nexus between evolutionary psychology and the psychology of religion. I often wonder things like why religions evolved different food practices and why they have different religious ...

Robert Shedinger will discuss his work around Darwinian skepticism on Oct. 3. What happens when a professor of religion looks into the scientific literature of evolution biology? That was for Robert ...

“How can you be a Jesuit and teach evolutionary biology?” That is the single most common question about my life that I have received since arriving at Georgetown two years ago. And for the past two ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

Whether Neanderthals had religious beliefs is a subject of ongoing debate.

Evolution Again For a long time it looked as if the battle against evolution was about over, but last week a Baptist preacher eagerly waded into a new skirmish. Dr. Wallie Amos Criswell, ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas Board of Education acknowledged Monday that she once quizzed potential curriculum experts on how conservative they were and also divided up the 15-member ...