News tagged with religious
Study suggests attending religious services sharply cuts risk of death
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2008 |
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A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately ...
Researchers find brain differences between believers and non-believers
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Believing in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers.
Spirituality protects against depression better than church attendance
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness ...
MU anthropologist develops new approach to explain religious behavior
Sep 09, 2008 |
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Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach to study ...
Religious belief and devotion linked to sense of personal control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An individual's level of commitment to religious rituals like praying and attending service is directly linked to their sense of personal control in life, according to new University of Toronto research.
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.
Past religious diversity and intolerance have profound impact on genetics of Iberian people
Dec 04, 2008 |
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New research suggests that relatively recent events had a substantial impact on patterns of genetic diversity in the southwest region of Europe. The study, published by Cell Press on December 4th in the American Journal of ...
Religion may have evolved because of its ability to help people exercise self-control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Self-control is critical for success in life, and a new study by University of Miami professor of Psychology Michael McCullough finds that religious people have more self-control than do their less religious counterparts. ...
Who was Jesus?
Mar 10, 2009 |
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The historical person Jesus of Nazareth - beyond the accounts in the creeds and the Gospels, which are all characterized by religious belief - is the focus of Tobias Hägerland's dissertation from the University of Gothenburg, ...
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.
Palin, religion, the 2008 election
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 09, 2008 |
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Although Sarah Palin's entry into the 2008 presidential race has energized the religious right within the Republican Party, don't expect religion to be a major issue in this year's election, says University of Alabama at ...
Surprising find: Medieval China was religious melting pot
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era.
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
