It makes no sense to talk about a “religious life” and a “public life” — there is just life.

Philosopher Meghan Sullivan challenges the idea that religious texts can’t be taken seriously in modern philosophy. She explains how parables, scripture, and debate have always been connected to asking life’s biggest questions:

Do we really need to be religious to run a society well?

If you're an atheist with a vocation, who laid that path for you?

Are fava beans and chianti really the best pairing for human liver?

Many countries' histories are governed by the familiar demographic story of growth, industrialization, and decline. But not France.

The debate goes back at least 400 years.

Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.

Adolescents actively shape the transformation of religion and become the bearers of new religious patterns, worldviews, and values.

About 1 in 5 adults now say they have no religious affiliation, up from 1 in 50 in 1960.

If you lost your religion, it might be because the internet and social media are having a secularizing effect on American society.

For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.

There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.

Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.

Belief is not just about God or ghosts.

Just as there are many types of believers, there's not only one type of atheist.