This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The paper first proposes a new definition of religion which features a novel four-layered element and which does not involve any circularity ...

In their absence (for now, before the Machine God is unveiled or the U.F.O.s descend), the reasonable religious conclusion ...

OCU Law professor Jeremy Telman weighs in on an OU student’s assignment dispute and the broader debate over religion and ...

Religious belief appears to be a human universal. Like language and other cultural systems, the exact religious beliefs that people hold in their lives depend heavily on early social experiences. Just ...

This choice shows a fundamental rejection of specific creeds in favor of personal inquiry. The movement is clearest among ...

New research published in Religion, Brain & Behavior provides evidence that holding mystical beliefs predicts a greater sense of meaning in life, regardless of whether one is religious or not. The ...

Numerous studies have confirmed that intelligence is associated with a specific set of religious and political beliefs, including liberalism, anti-racism, free speech, tolerance of others and being ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Friday sided with an Amish community that is challenging on religious grounds a Minnesota county's requirement that its members ...

Whether a belief is “sincerely held” is generally an issue of individual credibility. While evidence proving that an employee acted inconsistently with his alleged sincerely held religious belief is ...

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Friday tore into a Minnesota county for trying to force an Amish community to install septic systems in their homes against their religious beliefs, citing the ...