Improving religious slaughter practices in the U.S.

Finding meaning in religious practices: the relation between religious holiday rituals and marital satisfaction.

This study examined the relation between marital satisfaction and religious holiday ritual practices. One hundred twenty couples, married 9 years on average, completed measures of religious holiday practices (current family and family-of-origin) and marital satisfaction. Couples were interviewed about how important religion was to their family life. Marital satisfaction was related to religious...

Communication practices in the US and Syria

This study highlights Syrian communication practices using comparative tests with the United States communication as a baseline. Additionally, theoretical findings on individualism and collectivism theory are extended to include findings from Syria. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance was used to test culture's effect in demographically similar (in age, SES, and education) student convenience s...

Nurses' spiritual care practices: becoming less religious?

Research indicates that nurses do not consistently provide spiritual care, feel ill equipped to do so, and there is a lack of information as to the type of spiritual care practices nurses use. This exploratory descriptive study surveyed nurses (N = 123) about their spiritual care practices and perceptions of effectiveness, followed by qualitative interviews with volunteers (n = 5) from the surv...

Mathematicians’ Religious Affiliations and Professional Practices: The Case of Bo

Bo’s case is the third of three case studies exploring relationships between the domains of religious belief and mathematical practice among university research professors. As a Buddhist, Bo’s mathematics and religious views are integrated in a surprising epistemology. His epistemology and other relationships are contrasted by those presented in previous case studies of a Jewish professor and a...

The Micro-sociology of Religion: Religious Practices, Collective and Individual