Prayer is one of those things that sits in the gap between the deeply personal and the quietly public. Millions of people do it, most of them without any expectation that a scientist in a white coat ...

Most people who pray don’t think of it as a neurological event. They think of it as a conversation, a surrender, a habit, a lifeline on a Tuesday at 2 a.m. when everything feels like too much. But ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Some weeks ago, the students of Paramahansa Yogananda -- the teacher widely credited with bringing Yoga and Yoga Science to the West - approached me to write an article on prayer, coincident with ...

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The role of prayer in civil society has emerged in the wake of the Annunciation Catholic School shooting, and this may be a blessing of sorts amidst the tragedy. This is because scientific research ...