Faith Still Shapes Morals and Values Even After People Are ‘Done’ With Religion
Religion affects how people regard qualities like benevolence, kindness, conformity and fairness even after they stop practicing religion.
The Conversation
Topics: Faith Morality Religiosity Religious Change Values
The New Science of Neurotheology
Studies show that religion and spirituality are positively linked to good mental health. Our research aims to figure out how and why.
Big Think
Topics: Andrew Newberg Religiosity Spirituality
How Religious Community Is Linked to Human Flourishing
An analysis explores how service attendance relates to health and well-being.
Human Flourishing, Psychology Today
Topics: Flourishing Longevity Religiosity
When It Comes to Building Trust, Belonging Beats Belief, Study Finds
A new study found that those who belong to a religious group or go to services have higher levels of trust than those who have stronger individual belief.
Ahead of the Trend, Religion News Service
Topics: Belief Belonging Religiosity Trust
Heart and Soul
Spirituality can affect proteins linked to cardiovascular disease.
Harvard Medicine News
Topics: Religiosity Spirituality
Study: Viewing Religion, Science as Incompatible Is Uniquely American
In some countries, religiosity and pro-science attitudes are actually positively correlated, according to the results of a recent study.
Topics: Models of Science & Religion Religiosity
Once Religious, Always Religious?
Meaning Making, Psychology Today
Topics: Meaning Religiosity Religious Change
The Pandemic Is Making People More Religious
The Boston Globe
Topics: Coping Faith Religiosity Religious Change Spirituality
Will the Coronavirus Permanently Convert In-Person Worshippers to Online Streamers? They Don’t Think So
At the moment at least, very few U.S. adults anticipate substituting virtual participation for physical attendance at their church or other house of worship.
Pew Research Center
Topics: Religiosity Technology
The Global God Divide
People’s thoughts on whether belief in God is necessary to be moral vary by economic development, education, and age.
Topics: Demography Morality Religiosity Values
Healthy Dose of Religion
Regularly attending religious services associated with lower risk of deaths of despair, Chan School study says.
The Harvard Gazette
Topics: Death Hope Meaning Religiosity Resilience
The Global Flourishing Study
Seeking input on the next critical steps in the study of well-being.
Topics: Flourishing Happiness Meaning Purpose Religiosity Spirituality
Realities on the Ground for Science and Faith Amidst COVID-19
In the midst of COVID-19, how have faith communities been grappling with questions of access and justice?
Sinai and Synapses
Topics: Elaine Howard Ecklund Religiosity Science & Religion Dialogue Social Inequality
Intrinsic Religiousness Can Buffer Against Cognitive Dissonance in Response to Existential Threats
Existentially threatening situations like natural disasters and terrorist attacks can induce cognitive dissonance among the religious. But this cognitive dissonance appears to be reduced in those who view their religion as a central component of life.
PsyPost
Topics: Belief Religiosity
Does Adversity Really Make Us Stronger? Usually Not
After experiencing a very stressful event or personal misfortune, many people say that the event helped them grow in various ways. However, studies suggest that most people don’t experience genuine posttraumatic growth. So what’s the truth?
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Coping Religiosity Spirituality
What Causes Religious Belief?
Watch the interview series.
Closer To Truth
Physicist Brian Greene: ‘Factual Information Is Not the Right Yardstick for Religion’
The theoretical physicist on distinguishing between fact and opinion, why he’d travel forward in time instead of back, and the value of religion.
The Guardian
Topics: Brian Greene Meaning Nature of Time Purpose Religiosity Universe
When Our Religious Beliefs Make Us Bad
Religiosity may encourage “passive” immorality but may discourage “active” immortality.
Topics: Morality Religiosity
Does Going To Church Improve Your Mental Health?
It’s been debated a long time: Does being part of organized religion improve your mental health?
Hidden Brain, NPR
Topics: Religiosity
Does a Religious Upbringing Promote Generosity or Not?
An erroneous paper on religion and generosity is finally retracted.
Topics: Altruism Flourishing Generosity Religiosity
40 Percent of Americans Believe in Creationism
Four in 10 Americans have a creationist view of human origins, while 33 percent believe humans evolved with God’s guidance and 22 percent without it.
Gallup
Topics: Religiosity Religious Groups
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