Ronald Dworkin and Philip Kitcher recognize that traditional, religious faith—especially in Christian theistic tradition—has virtues that seem to be missing in a secular worldview. To remedy this apparent deficit, they both propose that a secular worldview can provide a satisfying foundation for a flourishing, meaningful life. Moreover, Kitcher argues that secular humanism is far more justified...

The classical liberal concern for freedom of religion today intersects with concerns equality and respect minorities, what might be loosely termed ‘multiculturalism’. When these minorities were primarily understood in terms ethno-racial identities, multiculturalism seen at that time as quite separate policy legal fields. As ethno-religious identities have become central to (and rejections multi...

There are many distinct faiths, castes, dialects, and ways of life in India. However, there is always a sense oneness the midst our differences. The same spirit togetherness that led to freedom essential nation's continued growth well-being. We can only grow into great nations if peace. People various classes, sects, religions have coexisted peacefully India for centuries. To make matters worse...

BACKGROUND Social scientists have suggested that cultural diversity in a nation leads to societal instability. However, societal instability may be affected not only by within-nation or alpha diversity, but also diversity between a nation and its neighbours or beta diversity. It is also necessary to distinguish different domains of diversity, namely linguistic, ethnic and religious, and to dist...

What is the role of religious institutions and religious workers in the racial earnings gap in the United States? In this paper we explore the relationship between childhood exposure to religious density, as measured with the number of religious workers at the state level, and the labor market outcomes of the worker thirty years later. We use data that spans over fifty years to identify changes...

PURPOSE A community and faith-based intervention with elderly persons and their adult children involving religious, medical, and academic communities is described. DESIGN AND METHODS Lifestyle changes and individual and corporate forms of spirituality were affirmed using an expanded Rowe and Kahn model of successful aging. Faculty from academic, medical, state, and religious institutions pres...

Increasingly nonprofit boards of directors are becoming more racially diverse or face pressures to increase their diversity. This research used survey data from 121 executive directors in nonprofit organizations in two metropolitan areas to investigate the affect of board member diversity, attitudes, and recruitment practices on board performance. Analysis revealed that boards with a higher per...

People often treat diversity as an objective feature of situations that everyone perceives similarly. The current research shows, however, that disagreement often exists over whether a group is diverse. We argue that diversity judgments diverge because they are social perceptions that reflect, in part, individuals' motivations and experiences, including concerns about how a group would treat th...