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As a global community we have never been more interconnected. Depressingly, floods and intense heat (doi:10.1136/bmj.p1647) link more and more of us together through shared experience of the climate emergency.1 Polarisation and divisiveness are also growing in tandem, at times invoking religious differences. Religion is often considered divisive with respect to sexual and reproductive health and other health areas, but Ellen Idler and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-076817) conceptualise religi...

Ellen Idler and colleagues argue that durable partnerships with religious bodies can contribute to better population health outcomes The relationship between religion and public health regularly makes headlines in the press, with both conflict and cooperation as themes. Recent examples include: “Battling covid when religion and public health collide,”1 “Churches and mosques educate on Ebola,”2 “Uganda: HIV-positive teens choose religion over ARV.”3 In some cases, religious institutio...

Americans are rapidly giving up on church. Our minds and bodies will pay the price.