Images of Auriel Peterson's brain, taken with a magnetic resonance imaging machine, appear on a video monitor at the University of Utah. She is a volunteer in a study of brain activity associated with ...

Scientists interested in the brain have tended to avoid studying religion or spirituality for fear of being seen as unscientific. That needs to change. Despite the manifest importance of faith as an ...

In moderation, religious and spiritual practices can be great for a person’s life and mental well-being. But religious fundamentalism—which refers to the belief in the absolute authority of a ...