Religious Monopolies and the Commodification of Religion

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

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Commentary: Religion, religious attitudes and suicide.

; there is also a higher risk of suicide amongst men with no religious affiliation compared with men with a religious affiliation. These data suggest, whether one believes or not in a particular religious teaching, that religious people do think differently about the meaning of life and tend to be more reluctant to consider suicide (assisted or not) as an option. Secondly, consistent with previ...

RELIGION AND FUTURE DISCOUNTING 2 Religious People

The propensity for religious belief and behavior is a universal feature of human societies, but religious practice often imposes substantial costs upon its practitioners. This suggests that during human cultural evolution, the costs associated with religiosity might have been traded off for psychological or social benefits that redounded to fitness on average. One possible benefit of religious ...

The Religious Mind and the Evolution of Religion

This article summarizes the literature on the religious mind and connects it to archeological and anthropological data on the evolution of religion. These connections suggest a three stage model in the evolution of religion: One, the earliest form of religion (pre-Upper Paleolithic [UP]) would have been restricted to ecstatic rituals used to facilitate social bonding; two, the transition to UP ...

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