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Defining Religion and Spirituality

Oxford Medicine Online, 2018
This chapter notes two general approaches, the substantive and functional, in how spirituality and religion may be conceptualized. A functional understanding is less focused on the specific content that comprises religion, such as the superhuman or the ...
M. Balboni, T. Balboni
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A General Attribution Theory for the Psychology of Religion

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1985
A formal theory demonstrating the applicability of attribution concepts and research findings to the psychology of religion is developed and discussed. First, an overview of attribution theory is presented, wherein it is argued that three basic needs or desires of people - viz., for a sense of meaning, for control over outcomes, and for self-esteem ...
Phillip R. Shaver, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, Bernard Spilka   +2 more
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Political Identity and Confidence in Science and Religion in the United States

, 2020
This article investigates changes in public perceptions of science and religion in the United States between 1973 and 2018. We argue that the deepening ties between science and religion and opposing moral claims reconfigured the relationship between ...
Timothy L. O’Brien, S. Noy
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Bad Samaritans: Religion and Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the United States*

Social Science Quarterly, 2018
Objectives Negative sentiment toward immigrants helps fuel preferences for restrictive immigration policy. Religious commitments have been linked to both positive and negative dispositions toward immigrants, Muslims, and immigration. This study tests how
D. Sherkat, Derek Lehman
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Religion and Law

Religious Studies Review, 2019
N ck Spncer (d.) “challenging, interesting and essential reading for anyone with an interest in the relationship between religion and the law.” Dominic Grieve MP, Attorney General “Challenging, interesting and essential reading for anyone with an ...

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Some general observations on religion and violence

Terrorism and Political Violence, 1991
(1991). Some general observations on religion and violence. Terrorism and Political Violence: Vol. 3, Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, pp. 118-140.
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Generation Z and Religion in Times of Crisis

2017
Even though religion is an important factor because of its influence on people’s attitudes and behaviors, limited research exists on the subject, especially in times of economic crisis. This paper empirically examines for the first time the relationship that generation Z—the youngest adult generation—has with religion and the church.
Aikaterini Stavrianea, Irene Kamenidou
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Japanese Religion: A General View

2017
Reprinted with permission of The Macmillan Company from Tokugawa Religion: The Values of Pre-Industrial Japan by Robert N. Bellah. © by The Free Press, a Corporation, 1957. Robert N. Bellah was born in 1927 at Altus, Oklahoma; was educated in the public schools of Los Angeles, California; received his B.A. and Ph.D.
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Benjamin Franklin: Champion of Generic Religion

The Historian, 2000
(2000). Benjamin Franklin: Champion of Generic Religion. The Historian: Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 723-730.
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Bewährung: Historische Generation und Religion

2015
Das gegen Ende des letzten Kapitels beschriebene Konzept der Ablosungskrise der Adoleszenz soll hier noch einmal aufgegriffen und im Hinblick auf die Frage nach der Bewahrung (des eigenen Lebens) diskutiert werden; dazu wird es auch notig, es in den zuvor bereits angesprochenen Kontext von Generation und den der Religion zu stellen.
Detlef Garz, Uwe Raven
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