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July 2015

July 08, 2015

Surprisingly, belief that God is in control increases support for government welfare programmes

There's an enduring puzzle about religion and government, and it's about what effect religions have...

June 2015

June 09, 2015

Churchgoing has been on the decline for decades in Western nations: here’s why

It’s a fact that, in the West at least, fewer people are going to religious...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Religious authority increases the number of donations but decreases the value

In a run-down market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, groups of men hang around hoping that...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

Is education the main reason why some countries are less religious?

There's no shortage of hypotheses for why some countries are religious and others are not....

October 2012

October 22, 2012

Inequality drives everyone, but especially the poor, to support religious politicians

It's now widely recognised that social and economic inequality is an important factor related to...

November 2011

November 07, 2011

What kind of insecurity turns Europeans on to religion?

As Europe staggers towards financial apocalypse, one question that's almost certainly not in the minds...

August 2011

August 07, 2011

Do the rich use religion to keep the poor in their place?

In the previous post, I took a look at the fairly substantial weight of evidence...

August 03, 2011

Well that settles it: income inequality really does go hand in hand with religion

Long-time readers of this blog will know that the link between inequality and religion has...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

Non-religious nations have higher quality of life

Quality of life is a pretty nebulous concept. There's a lot of coffee-table chat about...

April 2011

April 19, 2011

European Christians don’t want government to reduce income inequality

You may have seen the article by Jo Stiglitz, Nobel-Prize Winning Economist, in the current...

January 2011

January 03, 2011

Religion causes wealth inequalities

Back in 2008, I wondered whether the reason that the religious give more to charity...

February 2010

February 20, 2010

How come Intelligence, religion, and fertility are linked?

Here's a new study looking at the connection between religion, fertility, and IQ at a...

January 2010

January 27, 2010

My article in New Humanist

This month's New Humanist has an article by me (Who Needs God? - a rather...

November 2009

November 10, 2009

Religion causes inequality (or is it the other way around?)

In the previous post I wrote about new research linking income inequality to religious attendance....

November 10, 2009

Religion causes inequality (or is it the other way around?)

In the previous post I wrote about new research linking income inequality to religious attendance....

November 08, 2009

Income inequality drives church attendance

The Dutch press is reporting a new study with an international perspective on what drives...

November 08, 2009

Income inequality drives church attendance

The Dutch press is reporting a new study with an international perspective on what drives...

August 2009

August 03, 2009

The dependence of religion on dysfunctional societies

This is a timely new study by Gregory Paul. Back in 2005, he published a...

July 2009

July 08, 2009

Why some countries are more religious than others

After nearly two years of blogging on other people's peer-reviewed studies, it's a refreshing change...