‘His Own Nearer Household Gods’: Pagans, Christians, and Marius the Epicurean’s Religious Hermeneutics

Neurocognitive processes of the religious leader in Christians.

Our recent work suggests that trait judgment of the self in Christians, relative to nonreligious subjects, is characterized by weakened neural coding of stimulus self-relatedness in the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC) but enhanced evaluative processes of self-referential stimuli in the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC). The current study tested the hypothesis that Christian belie...

Gods and giants: Cudworth’s platonic metaphysics and his ancient theology

The Cambridge Platonists are modern thinkers and the context of seventeenthcentury Cambridge science is an inalienable and decisive part of their thought. Cudworth’s interest in ancient theology, however, seems to conflict with the progressive aspect of his philosophy. The problem of the nature, however, of this ‘Platonism’ is unavoidable. Even in his complex and recondite ancient theology Cudw...

The Role of Religious Values: Young Christians’ Opinions towards Tattoos

Since the 1960s tattooing has become increasingly popular in mainstream American society (Rubin, 1988; Schildkrout, 2004). Explanations for this phenomenon include expressing individuality and gaining acceptance into a subculture (Blanchard, 1991; Gagne & Orend, 2009). Although research has demonstrated that spirituality can influence tattooing practices (Caplan, 2000; Swartz, 2006), few studie...

Religious Intolerance among Orthodox Christians and Muslims in Russia

ترجمه و نقد کتاب the justification of science and the rationality of religious belife

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