Philosophical anthropology is concerned with assumptions about human nature, differential psychology with the empirical investigation of such belief-systems. A questionnaire comprised 64 questions concerning brain and consciousness, free will, evolution, meaning of life, belief in God, and theodicy problem. Data were gathered from 563 students of psychology at seven universities and from 233 st...

Article history: Received 23 March 2013 Received in revised form 17 May 2013 Accepted 11 June 2013 Available online xxxx Is there a positive impact of intelligence on religious disbelief after we account for the fact that both average intelligence and religious disbelief tend to be higher in more developed countries? We carry out four beta regression analyses and conclude that the answer is yes...

Both contemporaries and historians have focused on the high-profile 1874 Belfast Address in which John Tyndall was widely perceived as promulgating atheism. Although some historians have instead interpreted him as a pantheist or an agnostic, it is clear that any such labels do not accurately capture Tyndall’s religious position throughout his life. By contrast, this paper seeks to chart Tyndall...

Examining the filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s engagements with religious questions reference to his films Devi (The Goddess), Mahapurush Holy Man), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder), Sadgati (Deliverance) and Ganashatru (A Public Enemy), this essay assesses influence of Brahmo inheritance, personal atheism/agnosticism cultural fascination Hinduism in representations women’s status caste discrimination. ...

Bloch & Green (2006) provide an excellent overview of the ethical issues that are encountered in clinical psychiatry and the different available frameworks for understanding and resolving them. What is striking, however, is that this discourse is almost entirely without reference to God or religion. Such pragmatic atheism is, of course, not at all unusual these days. It is a reflection of the i...