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Showing 1 to 20 of 347 for “"Religious beliefs"”.
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Reconciliation of Religious Beliefs and Minority Sexual Orientation
… and lesbians reconcile conflicts between their religious beliefs and their sexual orientation. Christian faith traditions have commonly rejected minority sexual orientations as sinful, while modem social science has identified these sexual orientations as a normal part of the variety of human …
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The Relationship Between Essentialism, Religious Beliefs, and Views of Change
… study, the relationship between essentialism, religious beliefs, and views of change was investigated. Participants were given surveys containing three sets of items and a demographic questionnaire. Item sets included the Intrinsic/Extrinsic-Revised Scale of Religiosity, the Essentialist Belief …
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Working women in Cape Town: reconciling religious beliefs and modernity
… as required by international legal standards and religious doctrines.
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Gross Gods and Icky Atheism: Disgust Responses to Rejected Religious Beliefs
… by investigating disgust reactions to rejected religious beliefs. In Experiment 1, Christian participants rated a beverage as tasting more disgusting after writing a passage from the text of the Qur’an or Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion than a control text. In Experiment 2, Christian …
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The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
… however very few have focused on the ways that religious beliefs are contributing to American perceptions of, and responses to, climate change despite the fact that opinion polls also indicate that conservative Christians are one of the most skeptical demographic cohorts in America when it comes …
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The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change
… however very few have focused on the ways that religious beliefs are contributing to American perceptions of, and responses to, climate change despite the fact that opinion polls also indicate that conservative Christians are one of the most skeptical demographic cohorts in America when it comes …
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The Religious Beliefs Of Charlotte Brontë, as Reflected in Her Novels And Letters
… been possible to throw an interesting light on religious thinking in sections of nineteenth-century church life, particularly on the contentions and divergencies within the EvangeIical and Catholic wings of the Anglican church This has in turn shown how, leading an isolated life in an isolated …
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Religion and ecology : climate change between Christian and Shona religious beliefs and practices
… issues in an effective and definitive way, religious considerations must be taken into account. The pivotal role of religion in issues of climate change and environmental conservation hinges solely on religious functions in society, ethical teachings and religion’s ability to inspire its …
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Illusory judgments under conditions of uncertainty: Reasoning errors related to paranormal and religious beliefs
… of uncertainty. Paranormal involvement and religious involvement were also analyzed. In Study 3, participants who chose the psychic more often were also more likely to overestimate the probability of correctly locating a hidden object. These results are discussed in terms of illusory …
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When spirituality and pedagogy collide: acknowledging religious beliefs and values in the ESL classroom
… classroom, training teachers in addressing religious beliefs and values has not been widely addressed. As a significant percentage of students and teachers alike identify with deeply-rooted beliefs, this thesis attempts to answer the important question of how we might incorporate such …
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Sexual health in relation to religious beliefs: perceptions of young women living in Khayelitsha
… A vast majority of its population is also religiously affiliated with Christianity. This study sought to understand how young women living in Khayelitsha experience the relationship between sexual health and religion within the context of uncertainty and socio-economic deprivation. How …
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Academic integrity and the non-traditional student: Demographics, rationales, and the role of religious beliefs
… behavior, and to measure the influence of religious beliefs. Descriptive demographics such as age, gender, GPA, employment, and marital status were reviewed to search for correlations or demographic trends. Students were asked to identify the rationales and motivational influences impacting …
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Church and homosexuality : the relationship between individual religious beliefs, attitudes and the quality of contact
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Individualism and religion : the impact of the individualist cultural tradition on religious beliefs and practices.
… that an individualist cultural tradition has on religious attitudes and behaviors this study reveals that the shift in authority that takes place within this cultural tradition has a large influence on the subsequent religious behaviors and attitudes of the person.
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The Use of Re-authoring to Reconcile Fundamentalist Religious Beliefs with Sexual Orientation: A Narrative Study
… backgrounds who have reconciled their religious beliefs with their sexual orientation. Three participants were selected who met the following criteria: (a) the participant is a lesbian female who (b) grew up in a Oneness Pentecostal church and (c) has reconciled being a lesbian with her …
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The Relationship Between Religious Beliefs, Moral Development, Self-Control, Peer Pressure, Self-Esteem, and Premarital Sex
… ascertain if there is any relationship between religious beliefs, moral development, self-control, peer pressure, self-esteem, and premarital sex, providing for a comprehensive framework for understanding this phenomenon.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. Subjects were 148 undergraduates attending three …
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The Influence of Religious Beliefs and Practices on Marital Commitment, Parent-Child Closeness, and Family Involvement
… DeFrain, I examined the ways in which a parent's religious beliefs and religious practices support or hinder family relationships. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to examine the intrapersonal and interspousal relationships among religious beliefs, religious practices, …
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Religious Beliefs and Rituals of Lay Believers in Guanzhong Stele Associations during the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
… form associations centred around the erection of religious stone stelae. Each of these stone stelae contains a fruitful corpus of epigraphic sources, providing direct access to the religious stele culture of lay believers. Dedicatory prayers capture the religious aspirations and motivations of lay …
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