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Tag: PHILOSOPHY/RELIGION
New study offers clues to origin of laws
Despite living in separate countries and legal codes separated by thousands of years, people have a universal intuition about whether a punishment fits a crime
The practice of meditation leaves marks in the brain
Researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca have shown that transcendental meditation is associated with the reduction of perceived stress and with specific cerebral changes
$10 million Templeton grant will fund study of children’s religious views
It’s the second-largest grant Templeton has ever awarded
Kitsch religious souvenirs can rekindle pilgrimage experience
‘Tacky and ‘kitsch’ religious souvenirs brought back from pilgrimage sites offer pilgrims and their friends and family who cannot make the journey a deeper religious connection. Research by Dr Leighanne Higgins, of Lancaster University, and Dr Kathy Hamilton, of the…
Kitsch religious souvenirs can rekindle pilgrimage experience
‘Tacky and ‘kitsch’ religious souvenirs brought back from pilgrimage sites offer pilgrims and their friends and family who cannot make the journey a deeper religious connection. Research by Dr Leighanne Higgins, of Lancaster University, and Dr Kathy Hamilton, of the…
Confucius and Cicero
Old ideas for a new world, new ideas for an old world
Confucius and Cicero
Old ideas for a new world, new ideas for an old world
The Vikings erected a runestone out of fear of a climate catastrophe
Several passages on the Rök stone – the world’s most famous Viking Age runic monument – suggest that the inscription is about battles and for over a hundred years, researchers have been trying to connect the inscription with heroic deeds…
The Vikings erected a runestone out of fear of a climate catastrophe
Several passages on the Rök stone – the world’s most famous Viking Age runic monument – suggest that the inscription is about battles and for over a hundred years, researchers have been trying to connect the inscription with heroic deeds…
People view rationality and reasonableness as distinct principles of judgment
When it comes to making sound judgements, most people understand and distinguish that being rational is self-serving and being reasonable is fair and balanced, finds new research from the University of Waterloo. The study is the first systematic attempt to…
People view rationality and reasonableness as distinct principles of judgment
When it comes to making sound judgements, most people understand and distinguish that being rational is self-serving and being reasonable is fair and balanced, finds new research from the University of Waterloo. The study is the first systematic attempt to…
The distinct history of Jews in Frankfurt
Tobias Freimüller receives the Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize from the Polytechnic Foundation of Frankfurt am Main
The distinct history of Jews in Frankfurt
Tobias Freimüller receives the Rosl and Paul Arnsberg Prize from the Polytechnic Foundation of Frankfurt am Main
Why collapse is not always a bad thing
New book provides an analysis of the process of failure and collapse, and outlines principles that help us manage these challenges in our lives
Why collapse is not always a bad thing
New book provides an analysis of the process of failure and collapse, and outlines principles that help us manage these challenges in our lives
Nuclear freeze movement’s legacy on display at Cornell
Forty years ago this month, disarmament advocate and researcher Randall Caroline Watson Forsberg told peace activists assembled for Mobilization for Survival’s annual meeting that a bilateral nuclear arms freeze “could change the world.” Forsberg’s vision launched a powerful local- and…
Frequency of worship, not location, matters more when it comes to being good neighbors
A growing segment of Americans is traveling farther to worship, Baylor University study finds
Frequency of worship, not location, matters more when it comes to being good neighbors
A growing segment of Americans is traveling farther to worship, Baylor University study finds
Thousands of medieval manuscripts now online in full color through digitization project
Scholars and aficionados can search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships, in a project funded by a Council on Library and Information Resources grant
Thousands of medieval manuscripts now online in full color through digitization project
Scholars and aficionados can search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships, in a project funded by a Council on Library and Information Resources grant
Goethe’s Faust and the Divan of Hafiz
Body and Soul in Pursuit of Knowledge and Beauty
Goethe’s Faust and the Divan of Hafiz
Body and Soul in Pursuit of Knowledge and Beauty
Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality
New Approaches
FAPESP Week highlights research in cooperation with France
Scientists from France and São Paulo State will attend a symposium to be held on Nov. 21-27 in Lyon and Paris to discuss topics at the knowledge frontier
Buddhism and the Dynamics of Transculturality
New Approaches
FAPESP Week highlights research in cooperation with France
Scientists from France and São Paulo State will attend a symposium to be held on Nov. 21-27 in Lyon and Paris to discuss topics at the knowledge frontier
How religion can heighten or help with financial stress
Researcher contact: Ashley LeBaron Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences ,801-404-8292 [email protected] Churchgoers who are strapped for cash may experience a spike in anxiety when the donation plate is passed. However, knowing they have a church family to support…
What leads citizens to vote for ‘anti-establishment’ parties?
An article by Danilo Serani, a researcher with the Department of Political and Social Sciences at UPF, analyses the impact of the economic crisis on the electoral preferences of European citizens.
What leads citizens to vote for ‘anti-establishment’ parties?
An article by Danilo Serani, a researcher with the Department of Political and Social Sciences at UPF, analyses the impact of the economic crisis on the electoral preferences of European citizens.
Free Internet access should be a basic human right — study
Free internet access must be considered as a human right, as people unable to get online – particularly in developing countries – lack meaningful ways to influence the global players shaping their everyday lives, according to a new study. As…
Free Internet access should be a basic human right — study
Free internet access must be considered as a human right, as people unable to get online – particularly in developing countries – lack meaningful ways to influence the global players shaping their everyday lives, according to a new study. As…
The medieval Catholic church’s influence on psychology of Western, industrialized societies
The Western Catholic Church’s influence on marriage and family structures during the Middle Ages shaped the cultural evolution of the beliefs and behaviors now common among Western Europeans and their cultural descendants, researchers report. The greater individualism, lower conformity and…
Catholic Church in Cuba did not stay on the margins of the revolution
First study utilizing archives of the Catholic Church from the Cuban Revolution published at the University of Helsinki
Catholic Church in Cuba did not stay on the margins of the revolution
First study utilizing archives of the Catholic Church from the Cuban Revolution published at the University of Helsinki
What is Europe? Exploring post-war history through the medical lens
Charité secures new ERC Synergy Grant
Research identifies factors influencing how religious identity interacts with workplace
Religious beliefs can affect how employees do their jobs. But religious identity in the workplace is often neglected in human resources theory and practice, making it a diversity issue that’s prone to tension and conflict. To address gaps in the…
ERC Starting Grant for research on monastic communities on Mount Athos in the Middle Ages
Zachary Chitwood of Mainz University will set up a comprehensive database that will include the inhabitants and visitors of Athos over a period of 700 years and paint a new picture of the monastic republic and its manifold connections
Developed countries may become more religious in 20 years
Researchers from HSE University and RANEPA found that in high-income countries, age, rather than the cohort effect, has more impact on religiosity. They predict that this may have an impact on societal structure in the future. The study was published…
Research on the good life
ZiF conference on late socialist societies
The four newest 2019 Balzan Prize Winners announced today In Milan
Each prize is worth CHF 750 000 (approx. EUR 680 000; USD 760 000; GBP 620 000) Half of the amount m
Human flourishing in an age of gene editing
International uproar followed the recent birth of the first babies created from embryos whose genomes had been edited with a breakthrough technology. Another scientist has announced the intention to create more gene-edited babies. The potential uses of gene-editing technologies such…
Homo economicus 2.0
Rational behaviour reflects our own decision-making conditions