I've spent the last eight years asking that question. Having satisfied myself—if not everyone I've met—that there's value in using empirical methods to study prayer, I've thought a lot about how to do ...

WASHINGTON – Praying for sick strangers doesn’t improve their prospects of recovering, according to a large, carefully designed study that casts doubt on the widely held belief that praying for ...

Can American legislatures open their sessions with a prayer? What if those prayers are Christian, week in and week out? Can American legislatures open their sessions with a prayer? What if those ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A middle school principal has been told it was inappropriate to have teachers give students a prayer asking God to help vanquish their "enemies" -- the standardized tests they were ...