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The US Religious Public and Radical Human Enhancements

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A radical enhancement to the human body or brain is defined as giving human capabilities that no past or present human has possessed. These are being developed by scientists and bioengineers and backed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. This article reports on the first study of the US religious public's views of radical enhancements using a ...
John H. Evans
wiley   +1 more source

The Contribution of the Second Vatican Council to the Man as a Theological Theme

Diacovensia, 2014
The article deals with the question of Council's contribution to the subject of Christian anthropology. The first part of the article brings basic historical outlines of the preconciliar theological atmosphere characterized by the theological movement ...
Richard Pavlić
doaj  

(Dis)Belief in God Among Younger and Older Poles: Analytic Thinking and Cultural Learning Between Generations and Over Time

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Religious disbelief is increasing worldwide, yet its cognitive and cultural foundations remain debated. We examined how analytic thinking and cultural learning shape (dis)belief across generations and over time. Study 1 compared younger (18–39, n = 427) and older (40+, n = 639) Polish adults.
Paweł Łowicki, Julia Tokarz, Piotr Laskowski, Łukasz Kiszkiel, Jesse M. DeLaRosa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Be Fruitful and Multiply? Complementarianism, Pronatalism, and Suppression of Reproductive Rights

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT At least since the second wave of the feminist movement, policy issues related to gender have generated deep social and political divisions. Past work has analyzed the role of general religious variables or gender worldviews (such as various forms of sexism), but not the two in combination.
Brooklyn Walker, Paul A. Djupe
wiley   +1 more source

Short‐Term Trips, Short‐Term Effects? Exploring the Association Between Religious Retreats and Mission Trips With Subjective Well‐Being

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although religious service attendance is touted for its reliable measurement and robust associations with well‐being, the overwhelming focus on attendance has allowed other aspects of religious participation to be significantly understudied.
Rachael Murdock, Laura Upenieks
wiley   +1 more source

Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and Anthropology [PDF]

Journal of Africana Religions, 2022
openaire   +1 more source

Introduction: Measuring Religiosity and Multi‐Religiosity in East and West

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The introduction to the spotlight set of research notes that are based on the Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality briefly explains why we believe it is necessary to develop new measures of religiosity, the process of developing the questionnaire, and the key findings in this set of research notes, including the common phenomenon of
Fenggang Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Human Consciousness and the ‘Anthropological Turn’: Theological Perspectives on Evolutionary Anthropology

Religions
Recent discussions between evolutionary and theological anthropology have intensified, particularly through the work of Michael Tomasello. As a key figure in evolutionary anthropology, Tomasello synthesizes extensive empirical research into an accessible ‘natural history’ of core human abilities.
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Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
wiley   +1 more source

Different Paths, Shared Beliefs? Religion and Partnership Formation Among Young Male Refugees and Descendants of Immigrants in Germany

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study examines how religion shapes partnership formation and religious homogamy among Syrian and Afghan male refugees who arrived in Germany during the 2015/16 influx. It provides new insights by focusing on a particularly vulnerable group of refugees who are culturally distant from the host society and comparing them to ...
Jana Kuhlemann, Lena Arnold, Irena Kogan, Marlene Bauer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source