News tagged with religious
Growth in secular attitudes leaves Americans room for belief in God
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The nature of the American religious experience is changing as a rising number of people report having no formal religious affiliation, even though the number of Americans who say they pray is increasing, ...
Church Attendance, Marital Status Can Affect Mood of Older Adults
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UA graduate student Rita Law's study to evaluate long-term effects of marital status and church attendance is among very few that have considered such a correlation.
Bill would counter Supreme Court age bias ruling
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Democrats in Congress are trying to counter another Supreme Court decision on employment discrimination, this time taking aim at a ruling that makes it harder for older workers to prove age bias.
Where religious belief and disbelief meet in the brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that the process of believing or disbelieving a statement, whether religious or not, seems to be governed by the same areas in the brain.
UAB professor's book promises solution for teaching evolution without conflict
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Professor Lee Meadows, Ph.D., is author of a new book that claims it's possible to teach evolution without offending students who have strong religious convictions against ...
Public opinion a good predictor of terror attacks: study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Public opinion polls are good predictors of terrorist attacks, according to a study published Thursday which argues that terrorists do not act independently of their countrymen's attitudes.
Teenage birth rates higher in more religious states
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Study shows how college major and religious faith affect each other
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- College students who major in the social sciences and humanities are likely to become less religious, while those majoring in education are likely to become more religious.
Older black men feel productive, achieve prestige at church
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Older African American women may attend religious services more often than African American men, but men spend more hours per week in other activities at church, a new University of Michigan study found.
New warrant issued for Minn. mom in chemo dispute
May 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new felony arrest warrant was issued Thursday as the search continued for the Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to avoid chemotherapy treatments.
Police look for mom, son who fled to avoid chemo
May 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A courtroom clash between medicine and faith took a criminal turn, with police around the country on the lookout Wednesday for a Minnesota mother who fled with her cancer-stricken 13-year-old son ...
Study: High school teachers influence student views of evolution, creationism
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 01, 2009 |
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College students' views about evolution and creationism are often shaped by what they learned in their high school biology classes, according to a University of Minnesota study published in the May issue of BioScience, the jo ...
Study finds social support key
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 01, 2009 |
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It is not uncommon for prison inmates to experience religious conversions. Now a new University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study, out in the April issue of the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Cr ...
Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video)
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets ...
Therapists still offering treatments for homosexuality despite lack of evidence
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2009 |
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A significant minority of psychiatrists and therapists are still attempting to help lesbian, gay and bisexual clients become heterosexual despite lack of evidence that such treatment is beneficial or even safe, according ...
