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 ...

Psychology professor Barbara Held writes about the thin line between humility and self-deprecation and argues that the virtuous golden mean of “truthfulness” is a better way to see humility. Being ...

Pride is a vice that should be eliminated. Prayer will help you overcome your arrogance, find spiritual humility and embark on the right path. About how to pray and what the conversions should be — in ...

"Pride goeth before a fall." -- Proverbs 16:18 The Book of Proverbs is part of the Wisdom writing of the Hebrew Scriptures. Its counsel, like that of similar books of the Old Testament, is that pride ...

Christians should be known for embodying the virtues of curiosity and epistemic humility. “Should a Christian have an open mind?” When a student raised that question in class, I did not know how to ...

Humility is not the boldest of personality traits, but it’s an important one, studies find. And it’s hard to fake. By Benedict Carey In their day jobs, research psychologists don’t typically need ...

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. In the first of my series of sin and virtue themed blog entries, I tackle concepts of pride and humility. Before ...