Ten of the prisoners were transferred to one of the most restrictive maximum-security prisons in the U.S., an infamous ...

At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a ...

A new qualitative study suggests that the motivations and rationalizations behind romantic infidelity closely mirror those ...

In 1518, Strasbourg experienced a terrifying Dancing Plague where hundreds danced uncontrollably for days, some to their death. This event is now understood as mass psychogenic illness, likely ...

Inevitable logic compels those who deny the existence of an eternal hell to invent a temporary purgatory. The problem of unequal justice upon earth in relation to punishment and reward perplexes the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our ...

The Archbishop of York is expected to highlight the need for actions over words as he delivers a Christmas Day sermon at a challenging time during which the Church of England faces criticism over ...

With all the recent discourse around mass incarceration in the U.S., many are now familiar with the history of the development of the carceral system, a history imbued with religious intentions. Early ...

It comes at a challenging time for the Church, which has faced criticism over how it handled a number of abuse scandals. Stephen Cottrell will next month effectively become the Church's temporary ...

The Bishop of Newcastle has branded the Archbishop of York's Christmas Day sermon "empty words" after he said the Church of England needs to "kneel in penitence" and "be changed". Responding to the ...

The Archbishop of York highlighted the need for actions over words as he delivered a Christmas Day sermon at a challenging time for the Church of England as it faces criticism over failures in its ...