The number of people in the United Kingdom who identify as atheist is greater than those who say they believe in God, ...

Our recent research examines two questions related to atheism. First, what makes an individual more or less likely to identify as an atheist? Second, what makes someone more or less likely to adopt an ...

In his 1996 novel, In the Beauty of the Lilies, John Updike has a fictional Reformed Presbyterian minister feel his faith ...

Faith is the evidence of things unseen. That is an old and popular adage. It may also be the most compelling point in the ...

Although atheism is often stereotyped as exclusively physicalistic (“atoms swirling in the void”), many contemporary atheists have developed a Platonic atheism. Platonic atheism affirms abstract ...

"Whilst atheism has been prominent in our culture for some time – be it through Karl Marx, George Eliot, or Ricky Gervais – ...

Human beings long to be part of a bigger story Unfortunately, we often settle for something far less than we were created to ...

A recent study published in Journal of Psychoactive Drugs found that while psychedelic experiences increased mind perception ...

Psychedelic drugs can influence our beliefs about religion and politics, but whether these represent insights or false ...

The late Dr. Roland Griffiths—a Johns Hopkins University psychopharmacologist who passed away in the fall of 2023—was pivotal ...

The team of researchers, led at Queen’s University Belfast, have launched the interim results of the global project Explaining Atheism which explains why atheism has grown both in the UK and around ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers, led by Queen’s, has launched interim results of a landmark global project ...