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Education’s effect on religion

Interested in higher education’s real effect on religion, sociologist Jonathan Hill (Calvin College) found that it mildly increases skepticism toward super-empirical beliefs, decreases adherence to...

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Forgiveness and health: It’s complicated

Researcher Michael McFarland (University of Texas at Austin) and colleagues found that forgiveness positively correlates with health over time – but only for African-Americans.

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New Project: Synthesizing Empirical Findings and Theory in the Scientific...

There are a lot of fields of study in the modern university. You could major in biology or German literature. You could study philosophy, chemistry, or neuroscience, or delve into Slavic languages. But...

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What Is Religious Studies? Or: No, Grandma, I Am Not Going to Be a Pastor

By trying to rid themselves of theology, religious studies scholars have paradoxically also banished science and scientific explanation rom their studies. Both theology and science, for whatever their...

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Maybe Modern Liberal Democracy Is a Side Effect of Protestantism

Why do some countries offer more fertile soil for democracy than others? A study in the American Political Science Review shows that Protestant missionaries laid the groundwork for democracy worldwide...

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