10 Best Articles on Religion
The most useful articles on religion from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Religion Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on religion by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on religion—all under 10 minutes.
Three Skills for Staying Calm, Sane, and Open in a Chaotic World
The host of On Being shares lessons learned from 20 years of interviews, including: how to live with open questions, counterprogramming against your negativity bias, and getting over the God question.
What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God
It's like going off a drug.
«Ironically, the brain's evolution is what enables us to believe in religion at all.»
Confessions of Canceled Priests
‘I Will Not Be Canceled in the Kingdom of God.’ Meet the Catholic heretics who oppose the pope—and believe they are the last true men of faith.
TikTok’s viral monks are clashing with Buddhist authorities
Superstar monks have built massive followings — but dancing, singing, and fame-seeking are all violations of the monastic code.
Minimum Viable Church
One of the most successful non-profit incubators I’ve come across is The Underground in Tampa, Florida. Since they launched in 2006, this Christian church-planting network has launched over 200 micro…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on religion.
How Alan Watts re-imagined religion, desire and life itself
Alan Watts, for all his faults, was a wildly imaginative and provocative thinker who reimagined religion in a secular age
Duns Scotus was no fool but a brilliant, enigmatic thinker
His name is now the byword for a fool, yet his proof for the existence of God was the most rigorous of the medieval period
Listen, You’re Gonna Want to Hear About This Nun Drama in Texas
A bitter feud over sex, drugs, and power has gone all the way up to the Vatican.
After Christendom
French authors Jean-Luc Marion and Chantal Delsol address the future of Catholicism in a post-Christian society.
Christianity and Poetry
Most Christians misunderstand the relationship of poetry to their faith. They consider it an . . . .
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