Study helps explain how religious beliefs are formed
Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory toward supernatural beings such as gods, a University of Otago study has found.
May 24, 2021
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Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory toward supernatural beings such as gods, a University of Otago study has found.
May 24, 2021
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Organized religion has been on the decline for decades in the United States. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that online searches for the word "prayer" soared to their highest level ever in over 90 ...
May 5, 2021
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A national study examines the link between religious experiences and depression by following more than 12,000 American adolescents from their teens into middle adulthood. The research indicates that attending religious services ...
Feb 11, 2021
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People over the millennia have reported having deeply moving religious experiences either spontaneously or while under the influence of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin-containing mushrooms or the Amazonian brew ...
Apr 23, 2019
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Religious people who lack friends and purpose in life turn to God to fill those voids, according to new University of Michigan research.
Aug 30, 2018
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A majority of young adults with severe mental illness—bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or major depression—consider religion and spirituality relevant to their mental health, according to a new study from Baylor University's ...
Jul 30, 2018
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Sick of tinsel, carols and talk of virgin birth?
Dec 21, 2017
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As people grow older, those who are securely attached to God are more likely to have a sense of well-being—and the more frequently they pray, the greater that feeling, according to a Baylor University study. But those who ...
Jun 20, 2017
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New research shows a person's belief in God is strengthened when thinking of "what might have been" especially in reflecting on a major life event that could have turned out poorly. Importantly, the study shows how believers ...
Mar 17, 2016
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People are more likely to blame God for their bad moral behavior when they believe they were born to act that way, according to an ongoing Case Western Reserve University project on spirituality and religion.
Feb 18, 2015
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