A new Cornell University study is pushing back on a widely accepted claim that American policymakers ignore the preferences of average voters, arguing that earlier research may have misinterpreted the ...

Skepticism struck me as a crucial step toward becoming a serious adult. It also seemed the signature achievement of the ...

The difference between the entrepreneurs who "make it" and those who don't has nothing to do with their product, their website or their pricing. It is not attached to the number of social media ...

"Believe in yourself" has been etched into motivational posters, graduation speeches, and just about every self-help book in the $13 billion personal development industry. But it turns out, this isn’t ...

To be completely honest, I did not become successful because I believed in my ability and talents. Why would I be so vulnerable as to share this with the thousands of people who will inevitably read ...

Religious service attendance at age 12 emerged as the top predictor of adult afterlife belief, especially in secular societies, while childhood adversity and maternal bonds also played subtle roles.

(RNS) — Belief in God has been one of the strongest, most reliable markers of the persistence of American religiosity over the years. But a new Gallup Poll suggests that may be changing. In the latest ...

Whether a belief is “sincerely held” is generally an issue of individual credibility. While evidence proving that an employee acted inconsistently with his alleged sincerely held religious belief is ...