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Corrigendum to “Exploring the Existential Function of Religion and Supernatural Agent Beliefs Among Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and Agnostics”

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Retribution, Reward, and Reincarnation: Gender Nonnormativity as the Supernatural in Late Imperial China’s Gender System

Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2022
u n d e R s t a n d i n g t h e s u p e R n a t u R a l seems to be in epistemological tension with the formation and theorization of queer subjecthood, which is generally characterized as secular and progressive.
Ao Huang
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The Sense of Supernatural Agency

Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2021
The sense of supernatural agency constitutes a defining characteristic of the religious sphere of life. But what accounts for the continued cross-cultural recurrence of this psychological phenomenon over the course of human history?
F. Peters
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The Existential Quest: Doubt, Openness, and the Exploration of Religious Uncertainty

The international journal for the psychology of religion, 2018
Terror management theory suggests people can manage existential concerns through faith in their cultural systems, including religious beliefs. It is not clear, however, how people with a religious “quest” orientation manage such existential concerns. The
Robert B Arrowood, K. Vail, Cathy R. Cox
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Beyond Residuals: Toward a Comprehensive Understanding of Religion

The international journal for the psychology of religion
We argue that while the statistical brain hypothesis offers a valuable framework for understanding religious belief, its explanatory power is limited if it focuses solely on epistemic motives. Rigoli and Lennon propose that religious beliefs emerge as an
Jonas Mago, Nathan E. Fisher, Mark Miller   +2 more
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The Ascent of the Fisherman: An Exegetical-Theological Study of Peter’s Participation in the Divine Glory (Acts 10:9–16)

International journal of scientific and research publications
This paper offers an exegetical-theological study of Peter’s participation in the divine glory as narrated in Acts 10:9–16. Through a close examination of the text, its historical-cultural context, and its theological significance, this study argues that
Irabothi Basumatary
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The Suspension of Disbelief, Again

Novel: A Forum on Fiction
How does narrative fiction manage the unusual, the surprising, or the supernatural? For several hundred years, the common answer to this question has been variously known as fictionality, the suspension of disbelief, or ironic credulity.
Colin Jager
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Angel or vampire: The unholy dichotomy of Midnight Mass

Horror Studies
This article analyses the Netflix series Midnight Mass (Flanagan 2021) and its ability to engage viewers by tapping into timeless concerns about mortality and meaning while contextualizing these universal issues within a specific cultural moment.
A. Tenga, Jonathan F. Bassett
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On the Formation of Li He's View of Life and Death and Its Influence on His Poetic Style

Journal of Literature and Arts Research
Li He, a poet of the Middle Tang Dynasty, was posthumously dubbed the "Poet Demon". His poetry often revolves around the symbolic themes of immortals and ghosts, reflecting a departure from mundane concerns to explore metaphysical and existential ...
Yu-Hao Gao
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Fenomena Stigmata dalam Sejarah Kekristenan: Dari Santo Fransiskus Assisi hingga Zaman Modern

Anugerah : Jurnal Pendidikan Kristiani dan Kateketik Katolik
The phenomena of stigmata and divine apparitions represent profound religious experiences that demonstrate the dynamic relationship between faith, body, and consciousness.
Jonathan Octavianus, Hasanema Wau, Donalia Reynaldo   +2 more
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