How does a candidate’s religion affect voting behavior in societies without politically salient interdenominational cleavages? Communicating one’s faith should win votes among fellow believers, but in the absence of intergroup competition, it should not directly affect the vote of out-group members. Yet a candidate’s religion can also influence out-group voting behavior via stereotypes that are...

Social identity is a constant and permanent process that changes social situations based on individual experiences in these situations. Religious and ethnic identities are two dimensions of social identity that are of great importance in Iranian society. Due to the ethnic diversity in Iran and the proximity of ethnic cultures through migration, ethnic identity is noticeable. Religious identity ...

the aim of this paper is to study the philosophical anthropology of mandaeans from their authentic sources. the method of the study has been documentary and analytical - deductive. sabean mandaeans is one of the earliest religions of such beliefs as monotheism, prophethood and resurrection. today, believers of this religion live quietly in southern iraq and khuzestan. the quran has mentioned sa...

Among Philippine ethnic groups, Muslims indicate the highest desire for children and the Tagalogs the lowest. Islam followers also want 2.22 more children than Iglesia ni Kristo believers, who have the lowest desire in terms of religious sects. These findings are from the Republic of the Philippines Fertility Survey [RPFS). Thomas W. Pullam, a sociology professor and director of the Universi...

In 1653, the Patriarch Nikon modified liturgical practices to bring the Russian Orthodox Church in line with those of the Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church, from which it had split 200 years earlier. The Old Believers (staroveri) rejected these changes and continued to worship using the earlier practices. These actions resulted in their persecution by the Russian Orthodox Church, which forced the...