Cross-cultural education is thought to develop critical consciousness of how unequal distributions of power and privilege affect people's health. Learners in different sociopolitical settings can join together in developing critical consciousness-awareness of power and privilege dynamics in society-by means of communication technology. The aim of this research was to define strengths and limita...

Bible College Participation and Prison Misconduct: A Preliminary Analysis Grant Duwe, Michael Hallett, Joshua Hays, Sung Joon Jang & Byron R. Johnson a Research and Evaluation, Minnesota Department of Corrections, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA b Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA c Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor Universi...

ISSN: 2153-599X (Print) 2153-5981 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rrbb20 Big questions about Big Gods: response and discussion Ara Norenzayan To cite this article: Ara Norenzayan (2015) Big questions about Big Gods: response and discussion, Religion, Brain & Behavior, 5:4, 327-342, DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2014.928359 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/215...

Epidemiologists, like many scientists, tend to become specialized and focused on a particular disease, even though behavioral risk factors such as physical activity have effects across many diseases. This commentary is a personal reflection by an epidemiologist on the shortcomings of this disease-oriented approach to prevention.

The prevalence of risk factors for chronic diseases such as smoking, alcohol abuse, low fruit and vegetable consumption, and lack of physical activity is high among young adults. Health behaviours are influenced by many factors and also by religious orientation, as American studies show. The aim of the present study was to explore whether a similar association with religion exists in Austria (E...

Religion helps people maintain a sense of control, particularly secondary control-acceptance of and adjustment to difficult situations--and contributes to strengthening social relationships in a religious community. However, little is known about how culture may influence these effects. The current research examined the interaction of culture and religion on secondary control and social affilia...