The paper analyzes the relation between religious beliefs, religious participation and social cooperation. In particular, we focus on religions that instill beliefs about the connection between rewards and punishments and social behaviour. We show how religious organizations arise endogenously, analyze their e¤ect on social interactions in society and identify a "spiritual" as well as a "materi...

<p>This research aims to determine whether or not revivalism ideology exists among academics in Islamic higher education institutes the province of Southeast Sulawesi. It is accomplished through use an exegetical reception approach their understanding <em>A</em><em>̄</em><em>yāt</em> <em>at-Taḥkīm</em> (Qur’an chapter <em>al-Mā’idah<...

Past research argues that religious commitments shape individuals’ prosocial sentiments, including their generosity and solidarity. But what drives the prosociality of less religious people? Three studies tested the hypothesis that, with fewer religious expectations of prosociality, less religious individuals’ levels of compassion will play a larger role in their prosocial tendencies. In Study ...

Stories about sin, regret and forgiveness are fundamental in Islam other world religions. Islamic revivalism mediates a redemption narrative tailored to street criminals who want break with the cycle of stigmatization, imprisonment violence. Drawing on so-called conversion narratives, this article examines repertoire such stories among male Norway turn, or ‘return’, Islam. I have identified thr...

Researchers have found that religious affiliation, religious attendance, religious beliefs, and prayer are associated with teen sexual attitudes and behavior.(Wallace & Williams, 1997; Whitehead, Wilcox, & Rostosky, 2001) Holding strong religious beliefs and praying are linked to reduced sexual activity among adolescents (Meier, 2003; Resnick et al., 1997) and teens (girls in particular) from m...

This study investigated the effects of religious education on student religious identity over and above parent religiosity by examining student perceptions of two aspects of teacher functioning: teacher caring and teacher as role-model. We posited that effects of these variables on students' religious identity are mediated by student perceptions that the school provides a non-alienating religio...

Within the last few years the relationship between religiousness and psychosocial adjustment has become a subject of increasing interest. However, previous research did not explicitly differentiate between dispositional religious commitment and situation-specific religious coping. The current cross-sectional study investigated the relative power of religious commitment, positive and negative re...