abstract Prior research suggests that there is a relationship between religiousness and
perceived addiction to Internet pornography. This research also suggests a positive …

Informed by 'critical religion'perspective in Religious Studies and postcolonial self-reflection
in Sociology, this book interrogates the ideas of 'religion'and 'the secular'in social theory and …

Humans have likely been attempting to communicate with entities believed to exist, such as
the divine, sacred beings, and deceased people, since the dawn of time. Across cultures …

The rise of the “nones”—individuals who are variously nonreligious—has recently piqued
the interest of social scientists, not least because levels of secularization in the United States …

When might religious belief lower ethical standards? We propose a theory of religion and
immorality that makes 3 central predictions. First, people will judge immoral acts as more …

This is the first book to explore how religion, belief and spirituality are negotiated in hospice
care. Specifically, it considers the significant place that spiritual care has in hospice care and …

The popular image of Japan and religion presents something of a paradox. On the one
hand, large cross-cultural surveys frequently present Japan as a country of non-believers …

Despite claims about the universality of religious belief, whether religiosity scales have the
same meaning when administered inter-subjectively–or translated and applied cross …

The Sunday Assembly, a secular congregation with the motto 'Live Better, Help Often,
Wonder More', took centre stage in the nonreligious marketplace in 2013. Since then, over …

This thesis contributes to the growing body of research on non-religion by examining shared
and differentiating patterns in the worldviews of Finnish non-religious group-affiliates. The …