COURSES IN RELIGION

Religion and mythology in a sample of undergraduate psychology of women courses.

The coverage of religion and mythology in undergraduate courses in the Psychology of Women was explored by (a) surveying a sample of undergraduate instructors (N=72); and (b) examining coverage in textbooks on the Psychology of Women (N=95). 48.6% of teachers said they include some coverage, while 43.1% said they never do. The total percentage of coverage in textbooks is small, ranging from a m...

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...

Religion: Ally, Threat, or Just Religion?

Religion in Taiwan How can religion without texts be transmitted ?

Segregation in Religion Networks

Religious beliefs could facilitate human cooperation [1–6], promote civic engagement [7–10], improve life satisfaction [11–13] and even boom economic development [14–16]. On the other side, some aspects of religion may lead to regional violence, intergroup conflict and moral prejudice against atheists [17–23]. Analogous to the separation of races [24], the religious segregation is a major ingre...