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2013-08-07T16:08:41-04:00

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How WEIRD are you?

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:08 pm By Connor Wood

New research from the University of Virginia and China shows a surprising finding – liberals are WEIRDer than conservatives! Read more

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Psychology and the religion-science conflict: Part 2

Last updated on: May 14, 2013 at 6:07 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Having discovered how everyday people handle the so-called “religion-science” conflict, psychologists Cristine Legare (University of Texas at Austin) and Aku Visala (University of Oxford) now aim to use their data to critique and inform the standard philosophical approaches to this issue. Philosophers typically, at minimum, categorize religion-science approaches in three ways: conflict, independence, and reconciliation. Legare and Visala find that so few people actually adhere to the first two that only reconciliation plausibly coheres with human cognition. Read more

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2013-03-18T23:18:59-04:00

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Psychology and the religion-science conflict: Part 1

Last updated on: March 18, 2013 at 11:18 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Studying the religion-science conflict empirically, psychologists Cristine Legare (University of Texas at Austin) and Aku Visala (University of Oxford) offer psychological data about it, concluding that scientific explanations do not replace religious ones, and then (see part 2) they critique the standard religion-science discussion. Read more

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2014-09-15T19:11:46-04:00

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Video games: they have what atheists need

Last updated on: September 15, 2014 at 7:11 pm By Connor Wood

Who knew? New research from Canada shows that self-styled atheists prefer video games to tabletop games much more than do religious believers. The explanation? Atheists prefer to let video games do their imagining for them. Read more

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2013-03-01T14:54:35-05:00

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Does God accept the real you?

Last updated on: March 1, 2013 at 2:54 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Psychologists Bart Soenens (Ghent University, Belgium) applied the study of interpersonal relationships to religiosity and found that how one perceives one’s relationship with God affects whether one approaches religiosity symbolically or literally. Read more

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2013-08-07T16:10:07-04:00

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An evidence-based rethinking of the religion-science conflict

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:10 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Research by sociologist John Evans (University of California, San Diego) concludes that (1) Christians know just as much science as the non-religious, (2) conservative Christians favor their religious beliefs over science when the two “conflict” but from their perspective the two in fact are not in conflict, and (3) conservative Protestants oppose scientists’ influence in political issues when the scientists disagree with their moral values. Read more

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Rise in elder Korean suicides: A reminder that religion matters

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 at 1:23 pm By Connor Wood

The New York Times reports that South Korea's rise in suicides among the elderly may be rooted in the country's abandonment of Confucian social norms. I agree, but I take it a step further – this tragic phenomenon is an important reminder of the important, and often hidden, role of religion in countless people's emotional and practical lives. Read more

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2013-02-20T22:14:32-05:00

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Journal articles on scientific study of religion available online this month

Last updated on: February 20, 2013 at 10:14 pm By Connor Wood

Taylor & Francis, the publisher of the journal Religion, Brain & Behavior, is making all articles free online for access and download through the month of February 2013. Read more

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2013-02-12T18:07:19-05:00

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Religious households more likely to save money, plan for the future

Last updated on: February 12, 2013 at 6:07 pm By Connor Wood

Research by economists Luc Renneboog and Christophe Spaenjers (both Tilburg University, Netherlands) suggests that religious households tend to save money and plan for the future more than non-religious households. Read more

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2013-02-08T14:50:44-05:00

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Does suffering drive us to religion? Yep.

Last updated on: February 8, 2013 at 2:50 pm By Connor Wood

A nationwide values survey in New Zealand captures fascinating changes in New Zealanders' religiosity after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Read more

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