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From clergymen to politicians, Christians regularly invoke the name of Jesus and quote His words. Is that enough?

Our “-isms” and ideologies gain an all too easy foothold when we don’t check their origins.

Humility is a rare trait in leaders. Even more rare is the kind of humility that always puts the good of others ahead of personal gain.

Like so many autocratic leaders before him, Vladimir Putin is using religion to further his agenda.

Prejudging others based on their physical or other characteristics comes quite naturally. How can we overcome our racial and ethnic biases?

Has the world not gone terribly wrong in emphasizing monetary value over moral conviction, cash over right principles, assets over human worth?

It’s become increasingly clear to many that our global problems require global solutions. Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown is the latest to lend his voice to the discussion.

The decade following the 1918–20 flu pandemic is remembered as a time of freedom—both for growth and for selfish excess. How are the post-COVID 2020s likely to shape up?

Conspiracy theories have been with us for a long time. We’re now in the age of conspiracism: no need for a theory, just a social media platform.

“Truth is fallen in the street,” an ancient prophet told his people. He could just as easily have been talking about today.

We are by nature focused first on self. Until we change that, the world will never work for all of us.

Pandemics like COVID-19 were predicted, though few took notice. Where do we go from here?

The world doesn’t lack for immature adults living life at the mercy of negative emotions. Honest self-appraisal is the key to shattering a false self-image. But where to begin?

Insight Video: Existential risk comes in many forms and threatens our very survival as a species. But a single problem underlies all the others.

Solutions to the many existential threats facing the world today are elusive, in large part because of our own human nature. What can be done?

The dark side of human nature is always with us. In the face of new trends in the world around, we need to think about how we, as individuals, will proceed.

Insight Video: If warnings about environmental disaster or the threat of war seem overly alarmist—that things always work out in the end—maybe it’s time to think again.

Insight Video: The perilous state of our natural world is enough to induce anxiety and distress in all but those who refuse to see. Is there any reason for hope?

Insight Video: The appointment of Mohammad Shtayyeh as Palestinian prime minister suggests the possibility of renewed momentum in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

What kind of world will our children inherit? Today’s environmental problems call for a long-term global solution—one that upends a current business-as-usual focus on near-term benefit.