(RNS) — Criticism of spirituality as inherently selfish may be overblown, according to two new studies that suggest people who are spiritual but not religious are civically and politically engaged.

Esoteric attitudes—especially with regard to complementary and alternative medicine—have an influence on the willingness to be vaccinated. Dr. Sebastian Jäckle and Dr. James K. Timmis, both from the ...

The celebrated first Chief Rabbi of pre-state Israel, Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935) is recognized as being among the most important Jewish thinkers of all time. His writings reflect ...

The 2025 Harvard Youth Poll shows that the majority of young adults (ages 18-29) describe the U.S. Democracy as either in trouble or as an experiment that has already failed. For college students in ...

More than 20 percent of atheist scientists are spiritual, according to new research. Though the general public marries spirituality and religion, the study found that spirituality is a separate idea - ...

With a six-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation, UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute conducted a longitudinal study to assess the spirituality of college students during their ...