Greater Tolerance and Secularization Drive Economic Growth
Forget the Protestant work ethic. What we're experiencing is the secularization success.
Tolerance
Can Television Teach Tolerance?
Research that focuses on the 1970s, '80s, and '90s suggests it can.
Do the Arts Open Hearts?
New NEA-funded research finds a link between altruistic behavior and attending cultural events.
Teaching Religious Literacy in California's Bible Belt
A Central California community has added a fourth "R" to the core curriculum in its public schools: Religion. Sociologist Emile Lester answers our questions about the experiment.
Burqa Ban a Boundary to Multicultural Impulse?
France's newly enacted law banning face coverings in public reinforces the idea we explored last year that waves of multiculturalism are receding for now.