Hubert Cancik, Antisemitismus, Paganismus, Völkische Religion (Anti-Semitisme, Paganism, voelkish Religion)

Religion and Anti-Vivisection †

In reading the literature of English physiology I have been struck by the continual recurrence of the word, "sacrifice." When a French or German physiologist has destroyed an animal, he says simply that he has killed it, whereas his English or American counterpart almost always says that he has "sacrificed" the animal. No doubt it will be objected that this is a mere convention, one beginning a...

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 ?

Religion and medicine IV: religion, physical health, and clinical implications.

In the fourth and final article of this religion and medicine series, I summarize the results of a comprehensive and systematic review of research examining religion's relationship to physical health and mortality. This review focuses on pain and disability, cardiovascular disease, immune and neuroendocrine function, susceptibility to infection, cancer, and overall mortality. I also explore wha...