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2013-08-06T19:08:26-04:00

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Does religion turn people into haters?

Last updated on: August 6, 2013 at 7:08 pm By Connor Wood

New research conducted in the U.S., Poland, and Iran shows that certain types of religiosity actually decrease prejudice against members of other religions. What's more, Iranian Muslims who are the most committed to Islam are the least hostile toward Christians. Read more

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2013-08-07T16:16:12-04:00

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Is religion disappearing?

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:16 pm By Guest Contributor

Does increased modernity and economic development really lead to a decline in religion? Political scientists Ron Inglehart and Christian Welzel think that the answer is complicated, and it has to do with existential security. Read more

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2013-08-07T16:16:49-04:00

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Education’s effect on religion

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 4:16 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Interested in higher education’s real effect on religion, sociologist Jonathan Hill (Calvin College) found that it mildly increases skepticism toward super-empirical beliefs, decreases adherence to exclusivism, and increases preference for institutionalized religion. Read more

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2012-07-30T20:00:54-04:00

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Painful rituals: good for some, not for others

Last updated on: July 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm By Connor Wood

A new research study from Oxford University shows that rituals associated with different cultural settings have unique effects on group bonding and on memory. This matters for our understanding of group bonding dynamics even in non-religious settings, such as contemporary urban gangs. Read more

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2013-08-08T23:40:41-04:00

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Orthodox and progressives differ worldwide

Last updated on: August 8, 2013 at 11:40 pm By Connor Wood

Connor Wood From religion blogs to blockbuster academic books, debates and conversations on religion are plentiful in today’s world. But if one digs deeply into the mass-media conversation about religion, something becomes apparent: people are just not understanding each other. Writers and thinkers constantly express bafflement at their ideological opponents’ outlandish views. Pundits seem to talk right past each other. A research paper from the late 1990s may give us a hint as to why – around the world, progressives... Read more

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2012-07-23T17:35:33-04:00

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The evolution of atheism

Last updated on: July 23, 2012 at 5:35 pm By Nicholas Didonato

What’s the evolutionary purpose of atheists? Political scientist Dominic Johnson suggests no less than 10 possible hypotheses. Read more

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2012-07-23T14:03:39-04:00

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The religious may fare better when the going gets tough

Last updated on: July 23, 2012 at 2:03 pm By Guest Contributor

New research from Butler University correlates religious practice with greater stores of self-regulation, suggesting that religious practitioners may more persistent in the face of some challenges. Read more

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2013-04-21T21:11:09-04:00

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Traditional religion: investing in families, genetically

Last updated on: April 21, 2013 at 9:11 pm By Connor Wood

Religions can be profoundly sexually repressive. Why is this? New research from Mali offers a surprising suggestion: so that fathers can be sure they're raising their own children. Read more

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2013-08-06T19:09:08-04:00

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Circumcision in religion: What does science say?

Last updated on: August 6, 2013 at 7:09 pm By Connor Wood

People have an inalienable right to their bodies, right? Well, sort of. This author thinks that the individualism in our culture is an historical anomaly, and that our Lockean heritage – while a powerful mainstay of our own secular culture – is keeping us from understanding why religious cultures include rituals like circumcision. Read more

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2012-07-23T15:44:11-04:00

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Religious beliefs shape perception of stimuli

Last updated on: July 23, 2012 at 3:44 pm By Nicholas Didonato

Why does religion matter? New research from the Netherlands argues that it matters more than we think: what religion you are can measurably affect how you perceive things. Read more

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