Stalinist Ritual and Belief System: Reflections on ‘Political Religion’

Belief, Ritual, and the Evolution of Religion - Oxford Handbooks

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Reflections on political involvement.

Spirituality, religion, and health: Reflections and issues

The past decade has witnessed substantial growth in the study of religiosity/spirituality and its relationship with various indicators of health. Most of these studies found positive relationships between religion, spirituality and health (both mental and physical health). However, various studies in this field are criticized specially for not clearly and operationally defining the constructs r...

Reflections on the differences between religion and culture.

Culture may be thought of as a causal agent that affects the evolutionary process by uniquely human means. Religion, on the other hand, is considered a process of revelation and contains the concept of the "faithful" who receive the message of revelation. Culture permits the "self-conscious evaluation of human possibilities" and therefore presents a device for increasing human control over spec...

Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion, and Political Power