This study examined the hypothesis derived from Terror Management Theory that reminders of death would influence both belief in a just world and Schadenfreude, in response to reading about members of a religious out-group affect by a natural disaster. Christian students (N = 88, Mage = 19.9) were primed with thoughts of death or dental pain before reading about a natural disaster that destroyed...

background : improving quality of life (qol) has been an important consideration in patients with chronic diseases such as cancer particularly in last two decades. praying is a valuable nursing care to improve cancer patients’ qol. however, controversies still exist about the effect of different types of praying. this study was conducted to compare the impact of private and collective praying o...

one of the greatest preoccupations in the field of sociology of religion is a practical (pragmatic) definition of religion and religiosity which is mostly studied in social psychology and can be divided into sociological tradition or collective-social tradition and psychological or subjective-individual tradition. prior to glock and stark, scholars considered different aspects and principles fo...

this paper aims to discuss the possibility of juxtaposition of critical thinking and religious experience, as an approach for religious education, and introduce its educational outcomes. a deductive research method has been used to theoretically discuss the possibility of combination of these two concepts in religious education and its results. religious education of iranian educational system ...

Past research has found a robust effect of prejudice against atheists in largely Christian-dominated (belief-oriented) samples. We propose that religious centrality of beliefs vs. practices influences attitudes toward atheists, such that religious groups emphasizing beliefs perceive non-believers more negatively than believers, while groups emphasizing practices perceive non-practicing individu...

CONTEXT School immunization requirements have played a major role in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Most states offer nonmedical exemptions to school requirements (religious or personal belief). Exemptors are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting disease. The role of exemption policies may be especially important for pertussis, which is endemic in the U...

Scientific interest in the cognitive underpinnings of religious belief has grown in recent years. However, to date, little experimental research has focused on the cognitive processes that may promote religious disbelief. The present studies apply a dual-process model of cognitive processing to this problem, testing the hypothesis that analytic processing promotes religious disbelief. Individua...

Fast-depleting natural resources, global warming, and the consequent anthropogenic climatic change pose a severe threat to very existence of life on our planet. Being public concern, problem for its solution, requires active participation. It plays crucial role by mobilising people against rampant exploitation nature. Past researchers have analysed media in this direction. This paper takes stri...

The present article describes the major findings from a doctoral study that explored the relationship among connectedness, health and adoption for First Nations children. Reports that focus on Aboriginal children in the care of public agencies emphasize the importance of the child remaining connected to family and community. The literature on adoption describes connectedness as an attribute of ...