Religion affects our behavior by shaping neural rewards
If I were to offer you $50 today or the chance to wait four months for $70, which would you take? The way you answer […]
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The personality types of Christians and atheists
Ask any parent: some people are just born a certain way. From their first few months and especially in their teenage years, people’s personalities have […]
Liberal Buddhism: exploring the boundaries
In Europe and North America, most religious people are Christian. This means that debates between theological liberals and conservatives in these countries are often about […]
Religion influences political opinions unconsciously
Should politics and religion mix? Actually, for Americans that might not be the right question to ask. The fact is, religion and politics already do […]
Review: The Empirical Stance
Renowned philosopher of science Bas C. van Fraassen (Princeton University) had long remained silent on issues of religion. So by his own admission he was […]
Why the big feud between religion and evolution, anyway?
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the bushy-bearded biologist known for being the first to articulate the theory of […]
Religious profile of the US is changing
The religious profile of the United States is changing as Protestants and Catholics shrink in proportion to non-Christian religions and the religiously unaffiliated. Yet people […]