Ruth Marshall receives Chancellor Jackman Fellowship in the Humanities
New Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee Ruth Marshall has received a Chancellor Jackman Fellowship in the Humanities from the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto. The...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Everything
In a video lecture for The Floating University, New Directions in the Study of Prayer advisory committee member Paul Bloom gives a broad talk on the field of psychology and the science of the human...
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Studying Ritual
The January 24, 2013 issue of Nature features “The Ritual Animal,” an article by Dan Jones on the study of ritual that draws on research conducted by New Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee...
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Tanya Luhrmann in The New York Times
During the month of April, NDSP Grantee Tanya Luhrmann will be a weekly guest columnist for the Op-Ed section of The New York Times. In her first column, Luhrmann explores the difficulties that...
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Praying Nonbelievers
In a similar vein as Elizabeth Drescher’s NDSP research, Michelle Boorstein at The Washington Post writes of a documented rise in praying atheists or “nonbelievers.” Boorstein interviews atheists and...
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NDSP Grantees in Readers Digest
In the April Issue of Readers Digest, an essay on “How and Why We Pray” quotes two NDSP grantees, Elizabeth Drescher and Tanya Luhrmann. The article, which takes a closer look at prayer practices in...
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Court Rules in Favor of Public Prayer in Town of Greece v Galloway
In November, Winifred Fallers Sullivan contributed an essay on a case that was being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court, The Town of Greece v. Galloway. At town meetings held in Greece, NY, an opening...
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Praying Against Others
Elizabeth McAlister has written an op-ed piece for the LA Times on imprecatory prayer and claiming credit for negative events. McAlister discusses imprecatory prayer and what she calls “aggressive...
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Announcing Why Prayer? A Conference on New Directions in the Study of Prayer
The Social Science Research Council’s program on Religion and the Public Sphere announces Why Prayer? A Conference on New Directions in the Study of Prayer (February 6-7, 2015). This two-day gathering...
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Salafi Muslim Women in France and “Je suis Charlie”
Recently, New Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee Fareen Parvez wrote for the Council for European Studies’ CritCom on the experience of Salafi Muslim women in France, particularly in the wake of...
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