Ever since the earliest civilizations, humans have sought to make sense of their relationship with other beings, the universe, and the unknown through religious beliefs and practices. Shamans and healers interpreted phenomena for their followers, nuns cared for the sick and dying, ministers spearheaded anti-slavery movements, and religious activists joined campaigns for prison reform, worked for charitable organizations, and promoted novel educational institutions. Mother Theresa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Dalai Lama and other world leaders with strong religious convictions have shown us what love in action mean
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Societies all around the globe have their own individual constructions of justice. There are uniquel...
Religious orientations, practices, and attitudes held by people relate in many ways to their behavio...
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On May 2, 2000, three thousand people converged on the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. But ...
Due to an absence of social and religious tradition, Las Vegas provided the perfect setting for Jewi...
A growing body of research has addressed the relationship between community-level religious environm...
This paper examines three dimensions of American religion--belonging, behavior and belief--by creati...
A major survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that most Americans have a non-dogma...
Scholars have long theorized that religious contexts provide health-promoting social integration and...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) has a strong tradition of promoting formal edu...
This study was motivated by the concern that the United States has been consistently diverging into ...
This paper reviews original research published in social, psychological, behavioral, nursing and med...
As of today, compared to previous generations there are fewer people going to church or are affiliat...
The Mormon Church has attracted many new members to its religion since its inception and has grown i...
Across the world, religion is integral to society insofar it shapes people’s thoughts, behaviors, an...
Societies all around the globe have their own individual constructions of justice. There are uniquel...
Religious orientations, practices, and attitudes held by people relate in many ways to their behavio...
Attitudes toward people with mental health problems have varied throughout historical periods and cu...
On May 2, 2000, three thousand people converged on the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. But ...
Due to an absence of social and religious tradition, Las Vegas provided the perfect setting for Jewi...
A growing body of research has addressed the relationship between community-level religious environm...
This paper examines three dimensions of American religion--belonging, behavior and belief--by creati...
A major survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that most Americans have a non-dogma...
Scholars have long theorized that religious contexts provide health-promoting social integration and...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) has a strong tradition of promoting formal edu...
This study was motivated by the concern that the United States has been consistently diverging into ...
This paper reviews original research published in social, psychological, behavioral, nursing and med...
As of today, compared to previous generations there are fewer people going to church or are affiliat...
The Mormon Church has attracted many new members to its religion since its inception and has grown i...