Although the contribution of immigration and religious switching to the changing religious landscape in Canada seems well established, we lack knowledge on the religious switching of immigrants. In this study we address if and to what extent immigrants to Canada change religion after their arrival. We use data on religious affiliation and other demographic characteristics from the 1981, 1991 an...

An analytic cognitive style denotes a propensity to set aside highly salient intuitions when engaging in problem solving. We assess the hypothesis that an analytic cognitive style is associated with a history of questioning, altering, and rejecting (i.e., unbelieving) supernatural claims, both religious and paranormal. In two studies, we examined associations of God beliefs, religious engagemen...

the current study was carried out to investigate the functions of the ritual speech act of ‘ya allah’ (literally meaning ‘o god’) employed by iranians in social interactions. to this end, sixty-two persian native speakers of different age groups, ranging from 35 to 85, of both genders were observed in 250 natural situations such as daily interactions, gatherings, public or private places and lo...

In the complex and multi-layered process of migration identity-building, classical theories approaches transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging home are be found in movement. This ethnography leads reader into lives five Jamaican women Montreal; their daily practices experiences, spaces communion, memories projections for future. Lisa Johnson sheds light on mobile biographies...

As a theologian working in Western Europe, religious plurality is unavoidable for me. It seems that our context can no longer be identified in terms of secularization. Competing worldviews and complementing religious stories dictate the religious landscape (and increasingly so, due to migration and global communication). The religions present in my country, however, are not monolithic and stabl...

Although the Ottoman Empire was an Islamic state, many non-Muslims lived within its borders. The Ottomans chose to rule by freeing in their internal affairs. state did not interfere with beliefs or lifestyles. However, problems arose from time among non-Muslims. One of most important these problem holy places. who would have control over religious buildings Jerusalem, which are considered sacre...

John Wesley’s influential booklet, Thoughts upon Slavery, argues that slavery is inherently evil and ought to be abolished, largely using the non-religious language of justice, mercy, natural liberty, law. In key places in his argument Wesley alludes theological concepts. This article contends these allusions are not random but refer components core theology. It relates expositions concepts oth...