Highlights•Religious beliefs and behavior across the world are closely linked to restricted
sexual attitudes and behavior.•Religions foster long-term, committed mating strategies by …

Cultural evolutionary theories suggest that world religions have consolidated beliefs, values,
and practices within a superethnic cultural identity. It follows that affiliation with religious …

The current meta-analysis addressed whether theistic religious beliefs are causally related
to greater prejudice by analyzing 44 studies (N total= 11,330) that used experimental …

Why do humans believe in moralizing gods? Leading accounts argue that these beliefs
evolved because they help societies grow and promote group cooperation. Yet recent …

Despite the increase in the scientific study of morality over the past decade, one important
domain remains relatively underexplored—sexual morality. The current article begins to fill …

We asked whether and how generations vary in their perceptions on moral matters ranging
from their justifications of crime and questions concerning bodily autonomy. In our …

Negative stereotypes about atheists are widespread, robust, rooted in distrust, and linked to
discrimination. Here, we examine whether social perceivers in the United States might …

Introduction The current study examines how conservative social ideologies and religiosity
interact to predict lower levels of knowledge, social intolerance, and negative attitudes …

A recurrent observation in the field of moral psychology is that disgust sensitivity is
associated with greater moralization of the binding (and particularly sanctity) moral domains …

Few studies have directly examined mental representations of supernaturally monitored
morality, as they are reflected in world religions as conceptions of karma and God. In seven …