Add to ORKG“The devil made me do it” is a familiar cliché often used to justify a bad decision. However, are beliefs in a devil or other evil supernatural beings actually beneficial for religion? Building upon Stark and Bainbridge (1987) and elements of the supernatural punishment hypothesis, this study proposes and tests the hypothesis that a positive relationship exists between the belief in supernatural evil and religious commitment. Data from 2007 Baylor Religion Survey reveal a strong positive correlation between the belief in supernatural evil and four measures of religious commitment: church attendance, religious perception, tithing, and faith sharing. This study not only contributes to a long discussion of religious commitment, but it also has...
Building on the Christian and far-eastern understanding of evil, the author points out that evil th...
Human cooperation remains a puzzle because it persists even in contexts where traditional theories p...
Historically, religious frameworks—particularly conceptions of evil—have been tied to attitudes abou...
“The devil made me do it” is a familiar cliché often used to justify a bad decision. However, are be...
Previous research suggests that religious service attendance, biblical literalism, images of God, an...
The starting point is that there is a structural, although not necessary link between religion and t...
We examine an understudied connection between religion and sexuality: beliefs about the reality of s...
Reputation monitoring and the punishment of cheats are thought to be crucial to the viability and ma...
How did religion evolve? What effect does religion have on our moral beliefs andmoral actions? These...
Though religion has been shown to have generally positive effects on normative ‘prosocial’ behavior,...
Research within the psychology of religion has illustrated the importance of both religious belief a...
Classical theories on the relationship between religion and morality claim that religion strengthens...
Scientific research yields inconsistent and contradictory evidence relating religion to moral judgme...
A common finding across many cultures has been that religious people behave more prosocially than l...
<div><p>Scientific research yields inconsistent and contradictory evidence relating religion to mora...
Building on the Christian and far-eastern understanding of evil, the author points out that evil th...
Human cooperation remains a puzzle because it persists even in contexts where traditional theories p...
Historically, religious frameworks—particularly conceptions of evil—have been tied to attitudes abou...
“The devil made me do it” is a familiar cliché often used to justify a bad decision. However, are be...
Previous research suggests that religious service attendance, biblical literalism, images of God, an...
The starting point is that there is a structural, although not necessary link between religion and t...
We examine an understudied connection between religion and sexuality: beliefs about the reality of s...
Reputation monitoring and the punishment of cheats are thought to be crucial to the viability and ma...
How did religion evolve? What effect does religion have on our moral beliefs andmoral actions? These...
Though religion has been shown to have generally positive effects on normative ‘prosocial’ behavior,...
Research within the psychology of religion has illustrated the importance of both religious belief a...
Classical theories on the relationship between religion and morality claim that religion strengthens...
Scientific research yields inconsistent and contradictory evidence relating religion to moral judgme...
A common finding across many cultures has been that religious people behave more prosocially than l...
<div><p>Scientific research yields inconsistent and contradictory evidence relating religion to mora...
Building on the Christian and far-eastern understanding of evil, the author points out that evil th...
Human cooperation remains a puzzle because it persists even in contexts where traditional theories p...
Historically, religious frameworks—particularly conceptions of evil—have been tied to attitudes abou...