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May 26, 2025 Claire Walker, _University of Adelaide_ ‘Loneliness’ is a modern word – but we have a lot to learn from how early modern nuns understood solitude. May 21, 2025 Will Gervais,

_Brunel University of London_ Research highlights Atheists often believe religious faith is positive, even though they don’t hold it themselves. May 15, 2025 Theodora Dame Adjin-Tettey,

_Durban University of Technology_ Online churches in Ghana face questions over the safety of their members. May 9, 2025 Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, _Catholic Theological Union_ The sporting

world mourned the death of Francis − a lifelong soccer fan. The new pope is more of a baseball guy. May 9, 2025 Lee Clarke, _Nottingham Trent University_ To many westerners, the Buddha and

Buddhism are increasingly viewed as commodities to be bought and sold. May 9, 2025 Philip C. Almond, _The University of Queensland_ In casting himself as supreme leader and pope, Donald

Trump inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the Antichrist. May 6, 2025 Katie Kelaidis, _University of Cambridge_ Russia and Turkey’s international religious influence relies

on a specific national narrative – one that is challenged by the Patriarchate of Constantinople. April 28, 2025 Russell Blackford, _University of Newcastle_ Wild Faith is a one-sided

response to the rise of Christianity’s far-right fringe. Too often, it seems more like an apoplectic rant than a serious exposé. April 22, 2025 Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, _Australian

Catholic University_ The conclave – one of the most secretive processes in Christendom – is rooted in centuries of tradition. April 21, 2025 Tracy McEwan, _University of Newcastle_ and

Kathleen McPhillips, _University of Newcastle_ Pope Francis is being remembered as a pastoral leader – and in some ways, his treatment of women in the Catholic Church was unprecedented. But

he could have done more. April 21, 2025 Joel Hodge, _Australian Catholic University_ and Antonia Pizzey, _Australian Catholic University_ Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, a day after

greeting crowds at St Peter’s Square. From the very start of his papacy, he seemed determined to do things differently. April 21, 2025 Celia Deane-Drummond, _University of Oxford_ At the

centre of the social and ecological polycrisis is a religious crisis of the human heart. April 16, 2025 Jason Garcia-Portilla, _University of Winchester_ Today’s religious identities have

more to do with political decisions made centuries ago than with personal faith. April 14, 2025 Brenton Griffin, _Flinders University_ Followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints make up a small minority of the Australian public. Historically, new temples haven’t been well-received. April 6, 2025 Bright Alozie, _Portland State University_ Woman-to-woman

marriage exemplifies the flexibility of African gender constructs. It’s an assertion of female agency. April 6, 2025 Robert Mattes, _University of Strathclyde _; Matthias Krönke, _University

of Reading_, and Shaheen Mozaffar, _Bridgewater State University_ Members of parliaments across Africa face regular accusations of being unrepresentative of their constituents. March 27,

2025 Zuleyha Keskin, _Charles Sturt University_ There are two major Eid celebrations each year. One marks the end of the month of Ramadan, while the other takes place during Hajj. March 24,

2025 James Kwateng-Yeboah, _Saint Mary’s University_ Not everyone who wants to migrate will ultimately do so, but their aspirations matter. Migration aspirations shape education, career

choices, family formation and even political engagement. March 17, 2025 Gary K. Waite, _University of New Brunswick_ Today’s Christian nationalists have shaped their theology in ways that

harken to apocalyptic prophets of the1530s. February 28, 2025 Gavin Brown, _Australian Catholic University_ With roots in English literature, muscular Christianity encouraged men to use

their bodies to Christianise the world.