Religion can have an important influence in moral decision-making, and religious reminders may deter people from unethical behavior. Previous research indicated that religious contexts may increase prosocial behavior and reduce cheating. However, the perceptual-behavioral link between religious contexts and decision-making lacks thorough scientific understanding. This study adds to the current ...

“Hilltop youth” is the name for young religious Jewish people in Israel who, separated from their families, are living illegal outposts on hilltops throughout Judea and Samaria. The group’s unique religious, sociological, ideological characteristics differentiate them other communities previously studied relation to digital culture. In this study, we offer a new angle that provides insight into...

This paper, "A Sociological Interpretation of Intellectual Depression - Its Causes, Appearances and Effects", is an attempt to introduce intellectual depression from a sociological perspective, because one these phenomena in the past present Global socialism has affected most societies had direct impact on individuals, families . Despite progress positive changes human life new society, but sti...

In this article we review previous work on religious conversions, relate this work to attachment system dynamics, and present a meta-analysis of results from 11 cross-national questionnaire studies (N = 1465) that have investigated links between religious conversions and perceivedchildhoodattachmenthistorywithparents.Twogeneralhypothesesderived from attachment theory were tested. Based on the c...

This study is based on clinical sociological principles derived from Durkheim's and Weber's theories, as well as from contemporary research findings which suggest that religion and feminism can be social sources of empowerment for women. The theoretical orientation therefore incorporates social and cultural influences on behavior, as well as the intrapsychic and interpersonal decision-making pr...

theoretical expectations. The assumption is that along with modernization and economic development, adherence to religious world views (seen to be a relic of the past) gradually dissipate, as they have in other advanced societies. But they haven’t in the United States. In fact, the importance of religious commitments and religious organizations to American society increased over the last severa...

Background and objectives : Relatively little is known about the relationship between religion and abstinence. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between religious beliefs and behaviors and the intention of premarital sexual abstinence among Iranian youths. Methods: The current study was a cross-sectional one carried out among youths of five universities in Shiraz, Iran. 577 p...

This research study investigates the crucial role played by traditional leaders and local mosques in preserving religious cultural values Eretan Wetan coastal community Indramayu, West Java. Utilizing a sociological approach observational interview-based data collection techniques, found that is highly where influence strengthen each other, despite disruptions caused modernity. The mosque serve...

Previous literature on religion and sexual behavior has focused on narrow definitions of religiosity, including religious affiliation, religious participation, or forms of religiousness (e.g., intrinsic religiosity). Trends toward more permissive premarital sexual activity in the North American Christian-Judeo religion support the secularization hypothesis of religion, which posits an increasin...