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2013-08-07T16:12:20-04:00

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Forgiveness may affect longevity, health

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:12 pm By Guest Contributor

A new research paper in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine shows that attaching conditions to your forgiveness of others may hurt your well-being…and shorten your life. Read more

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2013-08-07T16:13:08-04:00

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Religious conservatism may be driven by the disgust response

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:13 pm By Connor Wood

New research shows that religious conservatism may be a product of our natural disgust response, and that this connection may explain religious conservatives' prejudice toward gay and bisexual people. Read more

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2014-09-15T19:13:19-04:00

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Are autistics less religious? Yes.

Last updated on: September 15, 2014 at 7:13 pm By Connor Wood

New research shows that autistics – and men! – may believe less in God because they think less about the world in personal terms. Read more

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2012-10-08T21:32:36-04:00

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Creation and science: An interview with Karl Giberson

Last updated on: October 8, 2012 at 9:32 pm By Connor Wood

I'll start with my complaint about Seven Glorious Days: while it's a fun read and tries to do some important things, I think it paints much too rosy a picture of the process of evolution as described by Darwinian theory. Read more

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2012-10-02T13:10:17-04:00

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Patheos Book Discussion: Seven Glorious Days

Last updated on: October 2, 2012 at 1:10 pm By Connor Wood

Can scientific and religious accounts of cosmic creation be reconciled? Karl W. Giberson thinks they can. Science On Religion reviews his latest book. Read more

2013-08-07T16:13:49-04:00

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Not conservatives, but religious people, more charitable

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:13 pm By Connor Wood

Sociologists Brandon Vaidyanathan, Christian Smith (both University of Notre Dame), and Jonathan Hill (Calvin College) argue that once religion factors into the equation, religion completely accounts for the political difference. That is, religiosity, not political conservatism, correlates with generosity. Read more

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2013-08-07T16:14:25-04:00

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Dalai Lama: We need ethics beyond religion

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:14 pm By Connor Wood

In a public statement, the Dalai Lama has claimed that humanity's ethics and morals need to move beyond religion. Read more

Modern culture and religion

2013-08-07T16:15:10-04:00

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Where does religious doubt come from? The forebrain

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:15 pm By Connor Wood

Why do we doubt our religious beliefs? New research from the University of Iowa shows that our frontal cortex has a big role to play in evaluating religious claims. Read more

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2013-08-07T16:15:35-04:00

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AAP: Health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh risks

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:15 pm By Nicholas Didonato

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has updated their position on circumcision, concluding that it reduces the risk of urinary tract infections, sexually transmitted diseases, and penile cancer. Read more

Modern culture and religion

2012-09-01T19:21:45-04:00

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A mystery in the history of Anabaptists

Last updated on: September 1, 2012 at 7:21 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Luke J. Matthews (Harvard University) et al. found that violent ideology stems more from congregationally inherited political and economic factors than from theological ones. Read more

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