Stirner and Feyerabend, despite being historically a hundred and fifty yearsapart, seem to have been of the same mind in revolting against themethodological explaining of what cannot methodologically be explained.Stirner attempted an explanation in a more intuitive version, Feyerabend in amore sophisticated one.For both thinkers it is obviously important to sustain dissent w...

Abstract This article presents an empirical case study of the commodification religious substances in a Ghanaian Pentecostal/charismatic church. The author argues that primal goal religion and penchant for success good health among Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians help easy by pastor-prophets. However, or substances, argues, eschews godly values, beliefs, practices have implications faith com...

Mental health professionals frequently express concerns about the role of spirituality or religion in the lives of people diagnosed with severe mental illness—including schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar and schizoaffective disorders. These concerns flow from a number of sources: the not infrequent religious content of delusions and hallucinations; a sense that the metaphoric nature of sp...

This article aims to characterize the socioeconomic and demographic profile of population without religious affiliation in Argentina as well their beliefs, practices, attitudes toward a range issues related public private life. is social conglomerate that has grown exponentially region worldwide, but it been little explored by sciences religion Latin America. The research was based on Second Na...

Almost every believer has faced the troubling situation of thumbing through the photograph directory of his congregation, only to see the faces of once vibrant Christians who have now abandoned the faith. For far too long, the typical evangelical response to this tragedy has been to shrug our shoulders with the reassurance that “once saved” means “always saved.” And yet, our consciences remain ...

Abstract This article presents an analysis of the legal regulations on practicing religion introduced in Poland with respect to Covid-19 pandemic. The juxtaposes these rules freedom religion, rule law (including principle proper legislation) and proportionality. A sociological analysis, based IDI CAWI research, explains response Polish society, specifically believers, restrictions imposed basis...

conclusions religiosity has been used as a coping mechanism among blacks. religiosity may also be related to stress regulation among black youth. future studies need to test complex associations between race, sex, religiosity, chronic stress, coping, and function of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (hpa). it is not known whether male black youth who are and those who are not religious differently ...

Conspiracy theories (CTs) can take many forms and vary widely in popularity, the intensity with which they are believed and their effects on individual and collective behavior. An integrated account of CTs thus needs to explain how they come to appeal to potential believers, how they spread from one person to the next via communication, and how they motivate collective action. We summarize thes...

Most of the world’s countries today are multi-ethnic, due to thousands of years of migration. Some countries have been political entities with many ethnic groups for very long periods of time. Some countries have accepted ‘new citizens or permanent residents’ from other nations, with various backgrounds in race, national origin, language, and religion. In some countries (such as today’s western...

Most religious environments in the United States do not affirm homosexuality. The authors investigated the relationship between exposure to nonaffirming religious environments and internalized homophobia and mental health in a sample of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGBs) in New York City. Guided by minority stress theory, the authors hypothesized that exposure to nonaffirming religious set...