Increasing religious diversity caused by immigration is often perceived as a threat to national majority members' (non)religious worldviews. However, defensive reactions are not inevitable. Building on the social identity approach and motivated construction theory, we argue that worldviews satisfy motivational needs may promote support for minorities' rights. We tested this hypothesis in sample...

Is it possible to talk about God without either misrepresentation or failing to assert anything of significance? The article begins by reviewing how, in attempting to answer this question, traditional theories of religious language have failed to sidestep both potential pitfalls adequately. After arguing that recently developed theories of metaphor seem better able to shed light on the nature o...

The article discusses religious belonging of Psalterz Dawidow by Mikolaj Rej in the light a complete original copy discovered S. Siess-Krzyszkowski 2019 University Library Erlangen Germany, which contains impressed date and place publication (1543). It also presents existing research this area as well points to new facts, might be useful establishing background translation.

France and the United States are both secular Western countries that are founded upon similar Enlightenment ideals. By virtue of these similarities, one might expect these countries to have similar relationships between church and state. In actuality, however, the secularism that France and the United States both value is a very loosely defined concept whose interpretation and application can w...

1. What is the definition of ‘minorities’ and ‘indigenous peoples’? The term ‘minority’ as used in the United Nations human rights system refers to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities as laid out in the United Nations Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (General Assembly resolution 47/135 of 18 December 19...

HOW TO CITE: Stears M, Clément P, James A, Dempster E. Creationist and evolutionist views of South African teachers with different religious affiliations. S Afr J Sci. 2016;112(5/6), Art. #2015-0226, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/ sajs.2016/20150226 Concerns have been raised in the scientific community that many teachers do not accept evolution as a scientific, testable phenomenon, and t...