Last week I dropped John Safran’s name with reference to an anecdote he made on the radio. I noted, soon after, that he visited the site and linked to it from his twitter. This week, in celebration of knowing that sentient beings – and not just web-crawling viagra bots – visit my site I thought [...]... Ysseldyk R, Matheson K, & Anisman H. (2010) Religiosity as identity:
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July 21, 2010
July 5, 2010
Test your knowledge on religion and health
Doctors these days are expected to keep up to date by taking regular courses. Read the materials, answer the questions, and viola! You get some credits towards your 'continuing medical education' (or CME). Just recently, one provider offered a bit-sized piece of CME asking Is Religiosity or Spirituality Protective For Heart Disease? Well, of course I had to check it out. You can too - anyone can
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March 5, 2010
Atheists are disagreeable and unconscientious
A new analysis comparing the personalities of religious and less religious people has found that religiosity is generally linked to agreeableness and conscientiousness. Well, that's the headline. To understand why this might be, you need to dig into the details of the study.Vassilis Saroglou, a leading expert in personality and religious psychology research, has done what's called a meta-analysis
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February 10, 2010
December 11, 2009
Personalities accurately judged by physical appearance alone
Observers were able to accurately judge some aspects of a stranger's personality from looking at photographs, according to a new study. Self-esteem, ratings of extroversion and religiosity were correctly judged from physical appearance.
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December 10, 2009
Off to the NSRN conference in Oxford
This Friday sees the launch conference of the Non-religion and Secularity Research Network. I'll be toddling off there tomorrow evening, and I'm going to try live-blogging the event via my Nokia N97. So stay tuned on Friday!Here's the keynote lectures, to give you a flavour:Is it risky to be an unbeliever? Gender, risk and religiosity: A critiqueColin Campbell (University of York)On the receiving
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September 21, 2009
When it Comes to Trusting Authority, Moral Conviction and Religiosity Part Ways
One of the consistent elements in political discussions is the influence of religious belief on attitudes toward government. And typically it’s assumed that a high degree of religiosity is synonymous with a high degree of moral conviction – they’re popularly thought to go hand-in-hand. So, if someone’s attitude toward governmental auhtority is influenced by his or her rel
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