The role of religion in explaining fertility differences is often overlooked in demographic studies, particularly in Western Europe, where there has been a substantial decline in institutional forms of religious adherence. The current study explores the changing relationships between religion and childbearing in Britain, France and the Netherlands. Using data from the Generations and Gender Pro...

Our paper focuses on the tax progressivity and nonreligion in central eastern Europe using an example of Czech Republic, one most atheistic countries world. Religion might imply formal affiliation with a certain confession or active church attendance, but it also become determinant taxation preferences. We employ ordinal regression analyses to study direct mediation effects both attendance repr...

Religious and spiritual factors are increasingly being examined in psychiatric research. Religious beliefs and practices have long been linked to hysteria, neurosis, and psychotic delusions. However, recent studies have identified another side of religion that may serve as a psychological and social resource for coping with stress. After defining the terms religion and spirituality, this paper ...