Content by 2015-2017 Sinai and Synapses Fellows (Page 3)
Seeing Religion in Science, and Science in Religion
Religion and science needn’t live in their own echo chambers. Rather, they can coexist in a meaningful way, both informing the other.
Science is Evil! Religion Is Stupid!: A Discussion on Blue Ocean Faith
Religious people feel threatened by secular, scientific-worldview people, and secular people, conversely, feel threatened by religious thought. How do we find common ground?
Infant Weeping and Infant Abandonment
We are “cooperative breeders,” since we do not raise our children by ourselves, but rely heavily on a range of others to help us.
Magical Cures for Infant Crying
While modern parents may bring complaints about infant crying to pediatricians, ancient parents turned to experts in magical arts.
Why is Western Parenting WEIRD?
One way to see the WEIRDness of Westerners is through their parenting practices.
Is Some Science Off Limits?
Why are morality, religious experience, and love topics that are often perceived as being beyond the scope of science?
For God So Loved the Earth
Religion can inspire and mobilize us as stewards of the earth rather than encourage our unsustainable status quo.
God’s Genome, Our Selves
How will our knowledge of the DNA-building process and our efforts to replicate it through technologies like the CRISPR system change our sense of self and the society around us?
Spirituality, Fast and Slow
How do our competing cognitive systems – one fast and one slow, as described by Daniel Kahneman – frame our experience of God?
In a Divided World, Can Religion and Science Be Our Common Ground?
Human confidence in what we think we know for certain almost always involves hope in things unseen.
How the Language of Awe Connects Us
What do seeing oneself as a part of nature and seeing oneself as part of a massive demonstration have in common?
How to Speak Both “Science” and “Religion”
When does questioning spark joy, and when does it lead to frustration?