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How to reduce investing's gender gap: try talking about ethics
Why have women lagged behind in finance, while their numbers grow in other professions?MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic...
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Why are people calling Bitcoin a religion?
Some Bitcoin evangelists see the currency as an answer to problems that plague society.mustafa akman/iStock via Getty ImagesRead enough about Bitcoin, and you’ll inevitably come across people who refer...
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What is walking meditation?
Thich Nhat Hanh leads a walking meditation in Paris.Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesFor Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, walking was not...
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Why church conflict in Ukraine reflects historic Russian-Ukrainian tensions
An Orthodox priest takes part in a rally in protest against an official visit of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople to Kyiv in August 2021.Anna Marchenko\TASS via Getty ImagesAs...
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Why are some Roman Catholic saints called doctors of the church?
Bearers carry the relic and the statue in honor of St. Anthony of Padua during a procession in Rome, Italy. St. Anthony of Padua was proclaimed a doctor of the church in 1946.Stefano Montesi -...
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How Lourdes became a byword for hope
Apparitions of the Virgin Mary have inspired pilgrimages – and souvenirs – in Lourdes, France, for more than a century.Culture Club/Hulton Archive via Getty ImagesThousands of apparitions of the Virgin...
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Japan's Shinto religion is going global and attracting online followers
A Shinto priest performs a ritual at an altar.Leo Laporte/flickr, CC BY-NC-SAAmerican Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider...
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What the mythical Cupid can teach us about the meaning of love and desire
A part of the fresco "Triumph of Galatea," created by Raphael around 1512 for the Villa Farnesina in Rome.Art Images via Getty ImagesEach Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god...
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This god shoots love darts – but no, it's not Cupid
The love god Kamadeva prepares to shoot Shiva with a love dart.British Museum/Wikimedia CommonsWith the coming of Valentine’s Day, images of a chubby Cupid aiming his arrows of love at unwary humans’...
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What do students’ beliefs about God have to do with grades and going to college?
How do students' religious lives influence their academic ones?Image Source via Getty ImagesIn America, the demographic circumstances of a child’s birth substantially shape academic success....
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The Ancient Greeks also lived through a plague, and they too blamed their...
A painting by Nicolas Poussin titled 'The Athenian Plague' shows people dying of the plague.Bettmann / Contributor via Getty ImagesSince the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a scholar of ancient...
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All American presidents have lied – the question is why and when
Critics of President Joe Biden have accused him of lying. Most American presidents have been accused of deception.Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThose who dislike a president tend to emphasize the frequency...
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Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
There's a growing belief that teachings from religious faiths belong in the discussion around environmental protection. ImagineGolf/E+/Getty ImagesScientists regularly study the ongoing degradation of...
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Happy Twosday! Why numbers like 2/22/22 have been too fascinating for over...
Is "Twosday" as special as some corners of the internet seem to think?articular/iStock via Getty Images PlusThis Feb. 22, the world hits an unprecedented milestone. It’s the date itself: 2/22/22. And...
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What are false flag attacks – and could Russia make one work in the...
The Russian and Ukrainian governments both blamed forces aligned with the other for mortar fire in eastern Ukraine and for using the accusations as justification for increased aggression.AP Photo/Vadim...
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Tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees made it to the US – here's how the...
Mohammad Attaie and his wife, Deena, newly arrived from Afghanistan, get assistance from medical translator Jahannaz Afshar at the Valley Health Center TB/Refugee Program in San Jose, Calif., on Dec....
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Think therapy is navel-gazing? Think again
Many clients come to therapy wanting to look beyond themselves – talking about relationships, values and even spirituality.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty ImagesMidway through a recent lecture about my...
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Why Muslim women choose to wear headscarves while participating in sports
Muslim women's sports participation is growing.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe French Senate recently voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates...
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How the presence of pets builds trust among people
Pet ownership can often enhance feelings of trust among strangers. FOTOGRAFIA INC./Collections E+ via Getty ImagesCompanion animals are a core part of family life in the United States, with 90 million...
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Can churches be protectors of public health?
The relationship between public health and faith is far older than the COVID-19 pandemic.Fred de Noyelle/Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesOver the past two years of living with COVID-19,...
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