Research with White participants has demonstrated religious intergroup bias; however, religious identity may be different for Black Americans. Only religiously conscious Black Christians demonstrated a preference for Christian targets over Muslim and Atheist targets. Future research should consider what factors result in a person becoming conscious of other’s religion.

Vegetation burning is a common land management practice in Africa, where fire is used for hunting, livestock husbandry, pest control, food gathering, cropland fertilization, and wildfire prevention. Given such strong anthropogenic control of fire, we tested the hypotheses that fire activity displays weekly cycles, and that the week day with the fewest fires depends on regionally predominant rel...

The Swiss Council of Religions decisively rejects the Minaret Initiative. The Council, which consists of leaders from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities, is dedicated to protecting religious peace in Switzerland and to strengthening trust among the churches and religious communities. The Minaret Initiative would bring about just the opposite. It instrumentalizes religion for politica...

Zoroastrian menstrual purity laws served as one of the most salient markers socio-religious distinction during tumultuous early centuries Islamic rule in Iranian world. This article surveys polemics – particularly by Muʿtazilah—directed against these strictures on bodily and reads them intertextually, it were, conjunction with Pahlavi apologetic texts that defend sanctity millennia-old practice...

This paper explores the connection between intra-religious dialogue and Muslim identities in Australia. Drawing on empirical literature analysis, this article investigates increasing identification interplay Australian Muslims from different sects, sub-sects faith-based groups of Islam. It argues intra-Muslim is gaining more noticeability among working to build civic inclusive identities. At sa...