M. Weber (1947) proposed that exposure to Calvinist Protestantism is associated with limited attention to relational concerns in work settings. Two experiments provide support for this proposition. Study 1 showed that Protestant European Americans raised in traditions of Calvinism were less attentive to affect in spoken words when primed with a work context relative to a nonwork context, and to...

Attribution theory has long enjoyed a prominent role in social psychological research, yet religious influences on attribution have not been well studied. We theorized and tested the hypothesis that Protestants would endorse internal attributions to a greater extent than would Catholics, because Protestantism focuses on the inward condition of the soul. In Study 1, Protestants made more interna...

We know of some 650 holy springs in Denmark. Their abundance seems to be the reason why a decade ago one of Denmark's leading authorities on late-medieval archaeology wrote that the popular worship of saints in that country appeared to be more closely connected to the cult of holy springs than anywhere else in Europe.' This statement was apparently based largely on post-Reformation sources. A v...

In modern Russia, the issue of relationship between state and religious organizations is among most urgent. One controversial policy toward Protestant communities carried out by government at different times. It important to note that a significant part works Russian historiography devoted particular as pects activities in Siberia. At same time, history relations latter Soviet authorities often...

Through Venetian Inquisition trials relating to Protestantism, witchcraft, and Judaism, this article illuminates the centrality of food eating practices religious identity construction. The Holy Office used assert its model post-Tridentine piety boundaries between Catholics non-Catholic populations in city. These trial records concurrently act as access points experiences beliefs—to lived relig...

Abstract We document the participation of women in European academia from first universities to eve Industrial Revolution. A total 108 taught at or were members academies arts and sciences. Most them active Catholic southern Europe—an unexpected result. conjecture that Protestantism left less room for top distribution human capital exercise their talent. The percentage ever-married female schol...