In this talk I examine recent sociological research on the relationship between religion and science for the public. This research suggests that while religion may have at one time been...

How is it that Jesus came to be viewed by the earliest Christians as "sinless," and what did this mean for them? In this presentation I will explore the process...

Novelists sometimes experience their characters as coming to life and guiding their writing process, but the characters remain imaginary. Founders of new religious and spiritual movements paths often go beyond...