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Are American Youth Alienated From Organized Religion? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The purpose of the project is to research the shape and influence of religion and spirituality in the lives of U.S. adolescents; to identify effective practices in the religious, moral, and social formation of the lives of youth; to describe the extent ...
Smith, Christian   +3 more
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COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION AND FOLK THEISTIC BELIEF

open access: yesZygon, 2016
Cognitive scientists of religion promise to lay bare the cognitive mechanisms that generate religious beliefs in human beings. Defenders of the debunking argument believe that the cognitive mechanisms studied in this field pose a threat to folk theism ...
doaj   +2 more sources

Issues concerning plaussiblity and empirical evidence in recent scientific study of religion

open access: yesPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2017
Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) has developed for almost twenty years naturalistic explanations on religious mind and behavior, opening that field to scientific scrutiny.
Lluis Oviedo Torró, OFM
doaj   +1 more source

Biodiversity and sprirt: looking for hallowed ground? Earth is it [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Epilogue, one-page essay in a theme issue on Science, Religion, and the Stewardship of Earth. Science and religion join in respect for life on Earth, the wonderland planet.
Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, publisher   +1 more
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Review article: Beyond the polis? New approaches to Greek religion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article reviews a range of important recent work on Greek religion. It looks first at the critique (common to a number of the books under review) of the polis-religion model associated with Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood and then attempts to draw out a
Harrison, Tom, Harrison, Tom; id_orcid
core   +1 more source

SCIENCE AND RELIGION AS LANGUAGES: UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE–RELIGION RELATIONSHIP USING METAPHORS, ANALOGIES, AND MODELS

open access: yesZygon, 2019
Many scholars often use the terms “metaphors,” “analogies,” and “models” interchangeably and inadvertently overlook the uniqueness of each word. According to recent cognitive studies, the three terms involve distinct cognitive processes using features ...
doaj   +2 more sources

Has political science ignored religion? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A common complaint from political scientists involved in the study of religion is that religious issues have been largely overlooked by the discipline.
Kettell, Steven
core   +1 more source

Pragmatism, Critical Realism, and the Cognitive Value of Religion and Science

open access: yesZygon, 1999
Pragmatism and critical realism are different vocabularies for talking about the cognitive value of religion and science. Each can be, and has been, used to make the case for cognitive parity between religious and scientific discourse.
doaj   +2 more sources

Наука и религия: два образа веры

open access: yesLogos i Ethos, 2012
The article is devoted to the problem of justification in the science and religion. Examples of different procedures of justification are described. Their general structure is investigated.
Vyacheslav Moiseev
doaj   +1 more source

Should Theologians Answer the Question "Is Religion Natural?": Panel Contribution on the 2024 Boyle Lecture

open access: yesZygon
In his 2024 Boyle Lecture, David Fergusson takes up the question “is religion natural?” In response, this panel contribution provides four reasons why theologians should be hesitant to offer answers to this question.
Joanna Leidenhag
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