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
Conservatives Find More Meaning in Life Than Liberals
Conservatives report more meaning and purpose both in their daily lives and in life more broadly than liberals do.
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Meaning Purpose Religiosity
Can Religion Stave Off the Grave?
New research suggests that social behaviors, such as getting involved with a religious organization, can influence how long people live.
Topics: Longevity Meaning Religiosity Social Behavior
Emotions Matter More For People’s Life Satisfaction in Religious Than Secular Countries
Emotional experience has a stronger effect on people’s life satisfaction in more secular (less religious) countries, and this pattern occurs for people of different religions.
Topics: Emotion Happiness Religiosity
Secularism Is on the Rise, but Americans Are Still Finding Community and Purpose in Spirituality
Where are Americans turning for what religion has traditionally provided?
Vox
Topics: Faith Purpose Religiosity Spirituality
Do Humans Have a ‘Religion Instinct’?
Are spiritual beliefs an inevitable consequence of evolution?
BBC Future
Topics: Andrew Newberg Belief Bonding Evolution of Religion Morality Religiosity Ritual Scientific Study of Religion Spirituality
Would You Like to Live Forever?
New research explores attitudes towards life-extending technologies.
Social Instincts, Psychology Today
Topics: Immortality Religiosity
Is Ritual a Tool for Resilience?
The relationship between religion, ritual, and cultural resilience.
Science on Religion
Topics: Nature Religiosity Resilience Ritual Scientific Study of Religion
Does Religion Really Cause Violence?
A new review suggests any link is far from straightforward.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Group Conflict Religiosity Violence
The Negative Spiral of Religious Intolerance
How people react, emotionally and behaviorally, when they feel attacked because of their religion.
Topics: Belonging Group Conflict Religiosity Religious Groups
Science Says Religion Is Good For Your Health
Which is why it is surprising in 2019 that there is still little quantitative research published in peer-reviewed journals exploring the relationship between spirituality, religiosity, and health.
Forbes
Topics: Faith Religiosity Spiritual Care Spirituality
Empathy, Morality, Community, Culture — Apes Have It All
Primatologist Frans de Waal takes exception with human exceptionalism.
Nautilus
Topics: Altruism Animal Studies Atheism Cooperation Emotion Empathy Fairness Frans de Waal Human Uniqueness Morality Religiosity
Following Conflict, a Turn to the Divine
Study shows that many who experience the trauma of war become increasingly religious.
The Harvard Gazette
Topics: Cooperation Group Conflict Religiosity Religious Groups Ritual Violence
Computer Simulations for Studying Religion
Can computers study complex human phenomena? Wesley Wildman, professor of philosophy, theology, and ethics at the Boston University School of Theology, delves into this question.
The Academic Minute
Topics: Religiosity Scientific Study of Religion
Religion’s Relationship to Happiness, Civic Engagement, and Health Around the World
In the U.S. and other countries, participation in a congregation is a key factor.
Pew Research Center
Topics: Happiness Religiosity
War and Religion
Survey data from Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Tajikistan shows that people with greater exposure to war were more likely to participate in Christian or Muslim religious groups and rituals.
CIFAR
Topics: Religiosity Religious Groups Ritual Violence
Gods Are Everywhere Because It’s Hard to Bargain With Them
The cognitive similarities between institutional life and religion.
Topics: Cognition Cultural Evolution Evolution of Religion Imagination Religiosity Ritual Scientific Study of Religion
Religious Childhood Linked to Healthier, Happier Adulthood
A study found that people who attended religious services or prayed regularly during their upbringing were happier in early adulthood.
U.S. News & World Report
Topics: Happiness Religiosity Spirituality
The Religious Typology
A new analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious denominations — important traits that unite people of different faiths, or that divide those of the same religious affiliation.
Topics: Atheism Belief Demography Religiosity Religious Groups Spirituality
Computer Modeling Religion
Recent computer models suggest that religious beliefs are unlikely to disappear anytime soon. What else could computers tell us about this deeply human phenomenon?
Living Lab Radio, WCAI
Topics: Atheism Religiosity Religious Change Scientific Study of Religion
Parents’ Spirituality or Religion Tied to Lower Suicide Risk in Kids
Kids are less likely to think about suicide or attempt to kill themselves if religion or spirituality is important to their parents, a small study suggests. And that is true even if the kids themselves didn’t think religion was important, according to the results published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Reuters
Topics: Belief Coping Religiosity Spirituality
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