Advancing AI, Virtue Enhancement, and the Need for Niebuhrian Virtues of Moral Vigilance
Journal of Religious Ethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper considers the possibility of AI being employed to improve moral character from the perspective of an account of virtues that is psychologically realistic (the HEIS model). It is informed by a Christian agapeic ethic oriented toward goods of creaturely well‐being that ground right action.
Gregory R. Peterson
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä +1 more
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A Model of Chaplaincy Assistance for Victims of Workplace Bullying: A Qualitative Study Exploring New Resources to Support a Healthy and Safe Work Environment in Lithuania. [PDF]
J Relig HealthVveinhardt J, Deikus M, Carey LB.
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
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Supporting the Integration of the Existential Dimension Into Clinical Practice: Health Care Providers' Experiences With a Meaning-Making Synopsis of Patients Living Long-Term With Incurable Cancer. [PDF]
PsychooncologyVisser A +4 more
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A longstanding debate in the sociology of religion has focused on how religious pluralism affects religious participation. Existing research shows mixed findings, often relying on macro‐level measures that overlook how individuals are actually exposed to religious pluralism in their lives. This study shifts focus to the meso‐level by examining
Elis Carlberg Larsson
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The Degree of Acceptance of the Disease by Patients After a Diagnosis of Lung Cancer and Their Hope. [PDF]
J Clin MedWaleczko A +4 more
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on 3 years of qualitative fieldwork at a United Methodist church and a Catholic parish in Minneapolis‐St. Paul, I analyze how White, liberal congregations translated race‐conscious ideals into organizational practice in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd.
Daniel Cueto‐Villalobos
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