Folk religion, as the basis of religious landscape in traditional China, is a highly syncretic system which includes elements from Buddhism, Daoism, and other beliefs. Due to shortcomings denomination-based measurement, most previous social surveys have documented very low percentage folk religion adherents found almost no overlapping among This study offers quantitative portrait popularity, di...

In human life, bio-psycho-socio-cultural and theological explanatory factors for the sexuality are determinative have an effect on sexual feelings, thoughts, attitudes behaviors. Religion is still seen as important predictor of thoughts about sexuality. The aim this research to assess perceptions believers in different religions faith groups non-believers who nationalities around world, which b...

The proportion of Americans who reported no religious preference doubled from 7 percent to 14 percent in the 1990s. This dramatic change may have resulted from demographic shifts, increasing religious skepticism, or the mix of politics and religion that characterized the 1990s. One demographic factor is the succession of generations; the percentage of adults who had been raised with no religion...

The authors review findings from the psychology of religion showing that believers’ perceived relationships with God meet the definitional criteria for attachment relationships. They also review evidence for associations between aspects of religion and individual differences in interpersonal attachment security and insecurity. They focus on two developmental pathways to religion. The first is a...

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...

Based on the interactive features of websites, researchers have distinguished between ‘religion online’ and ‘online religion’. Approaching online religious expression as ‘vernacular religion’ can transcend the distinction by focussing on the lived experience of believers. In this study, qualitative interviews and close textual analysis are deployed to locate four traits that define the ‘vernacu...

This study examines how Greek-Cypriot students aged 12 to 18, an understudied group of students, construct their ethnic identity in a complex setting such as Cyprus and what motivates the students in the selection of ethnic identity labels. The choice to focus on students aged 12-18 was made on the hypothesis that young children, who did not experience the 1974 war in Cyprus, may have a differe...

Covid-19 provides lessons for society, especially believers. The real fellowship must be limited, and online worship held, making believers enter a new atmosphere. challenge is not whether it can or not, but financial issues including the internet are concern in Indonesian context. purpose of this article to show church around ministry during pandemic. research method used qualitative interview...

The world is a vast and complex place that can sometimes generate feelings of uncertainty and distress for its inhabitants. Although religion is associated with a sense of meaning and order, it remains unclear whether religious belief can actually cause people to feel less anxiety and distress. To test the anxiolytic power of religion, we conducted two experiments focusing on the error-related ...

The development of religious moderation is an urgent consensus, both conceptually and practically, to give birth a society living side by in harmony tolerance towards fellow human beings. concept achieving tolerant position the cultural values ethnic groups important indicator complement expand study religion social affairs. purpose this research reveal local Bugis community building religion. ...