Authority in Religion

Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States

When Science Replaces Religion: Science as a Secular Authority Bolsters Moral Sensitivity

Scientific and religious thinking compete with each other on several levels. For example, activating one generally weakens the other. Since priming religion is known to increase moral behaviour and moral sensitivity, priming science might be expected to have the opposite effect. However, it was recently demonstrated that, on the contrary, science priming increases moral sensitivity as well. The...

religion and state in pursuit of authority and legitimacy (an inquiry concerning relation between state and religion in christianity and judaism)

discussion about relation between religion and politics or state has been proposed for long time in east and west. so it is not limited to our nation and or period. in this paper we will show that: a) in throughout of the history of western thought from one side political governors (kaiser) for surviving their domain and authorities need to protect by legitimacy of religion; on the other hand, ...

Scientific Authority in Islam’s Political Thought

In Islam’s political thought, principles of “preserving Muslims’ dignity” and “negating domination of foreigners” are of especial importance. Scientific authority is an important necessity for those principles. This article is aimed at clarification of the process of scientific jihad and study of position and infrastructures of scientific authority in Islam’s political thought. Taking Islam’s p...

A Symposium on Religion : Religion and Society

theoretical expectations. The assumption is that along with modernization and economic development, adherence to religious world views (seen to be a relic of the past) gradually dissipate, as they have in other advanced societies. But they haven’t in the United States. In fact, the importance of religious commitments and religious organizations to American society increased over the last severa...