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The Memorability of Supernatural Concepts: Effects of Minimal Counterintuitiveness, Moral Valence, and Existential Anxiety on Recall

open access: yesInternational Journal for the Psychology of Religion, The, 2020
Within the cognitive science of religion, some scholars hypothesize (1) that minimally counterintuitive (MCI) concepts enjoy a transmission advantage over both intuitive and highly counterintuitive concepts, (2) that religions concern counterintuitive agents, objects, or events, and (3) that the transmission advantage of MCI concepts makes them more ...
James R. Beebe, Leigh Duffy
exaly   +6 more sources

"Like something supernatural in your house": an interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the experiences and psychological challenges of parents raising children with autism spectrum disorder. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Psychol
Parents raising children with ASD face profound psychological challenges. While existing research predominantly focuses on parental distress, opportunities for growth and transformation remain underexplored.
Yevtushok T, Petronzi D.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Discovery of Incorporeality and the Supernatural in Middle Platonism and its Existential Consequences

open access: yesFilozofia Chrześcijańska, 2016
The most important and enduring input of Middle Platonism is the way it unveiled the fascinating depths of human nature in its supernatural dimension, and its greatest secrets, including the most important and most sacred mystery of human love, which is the initiation into divinity itself. The discovery of the supernatural dimension of the human nature
Kazimierz Pawłowski
openaire   +3 more sources

Scientific faith: Belief in science increases in the face of stress and existential anxiety

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2013
Growing evidence indicates that religious belief helps individuals to cope with stress and anxiety. But is this effect specific to supernatural beliefs, or is it a more general function of belief — including belief in science?
MIGUEL Farias   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Faith and Reason: Insight from John Paul II and Maurice Blondel Toward a New Apologetics

open access: yesWrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
This article aims to explore the potential for a renewed apologetics, inspired by St. John Paul II and Maurice Blondel, particularly their insight into the dynamic relationship between faith and reason. Traditional apologetics often prioritizes rational
Lilin Wu
doaj   +2 more sources

Politics lost in translation: the African concept of time as a method to understand African conflicts [PDF]

open access: yesReview of Economics and Political Science, 2020
Purpose – This paper aims to explore John Mbiti’s concept of African time in line with the studies on the crisis of the post-independence African state.
Ramy Magdy
doaj   +1 more source

A Critical Study: Physical Closure and the Argument for Naturalism [PDF]

open access: yesPizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2021
Great naturalist philosophers like David Armstrong, David Papineau, Jeagwon Kim, and others have argued that the best arguments for naturalism are based on Physical Causal Closure (in brief P.C). P.C that is a premise in these arguments implies that only
Nima Narimani
doaj   +1 more source

Traces of the Cultural Journey of “Kayiperenler” (The Invisible Saints) Kayıperenlerin Kültür Yolculuğundan İzler [PDF]

open access: yesFolklor/Edebiyat, 2022
In this research we will examine Kayıperenler (The Invisible Saints) which are accepted as guardian souls and which appear with various duties in different historical and religious stories of Turkish Culture.
Ayşe Duvarcı
doaj   +1 more source

Discourses about Miracle: Spectrum of Positions

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2023
The study is devoted to construct a typology of discourses about a miracle. Discourses are interpreted in this case not in a linguistic, but in a philosophical sense, as a certain “way of talking” about a chosen phenomenon.
Elena V. Zolotukhina-Abolina
doaj   +1 more source

Path to Viy: features of the artistic conflict

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism, 2023
The author undertakes a study of the symbolic-religious conflict, a man and Viy, as a structural and content basis for the integrity of the novella Viy .
Olga R. Khomyakova
doaj   +1 more source

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