A global pandemic such as that of the 2020 Covid-19 corona virus, causing great suffering and loss life, brings home difficult conditions make for our fragile human life. But question religious belief poses, about “natural evil” in a world created by loving God, satirised Voltaire 18th century, masks more existential problem, possibility greater solidarity. In background is Deist view God compl...

In their simplest form, consensus gentium arguments for theism argue that is true on the basis everyone believes true. While such may have been popular in history, they all but fallen from grace philosophy of religion. this short paper, we reconsider neglected topic arguments, paying particular attention to value when deployed defence theistic belief. We while are unlikely offer anything close ...

Many studies have explored the relationship between paranormal belief and religiosity. Some studies have shown that paranormal belief correlates with religiosity, yet many studies have not supported this association. The first goal of the present investigation therefore was to replicate previous findings. It is also of interest to explore the relationship between paranormal belief and religiosi...

Economics and Religion This paper provides an overview of the relationship between economics and religion. It first considers the effects of economic incentives in the religious marketplace on consumers’ demand for “religion.” It then shows how this demand affects religious institutions and generates a supply of religious goods and services. Other topics include the structure of this religious ...

Religious belief in its most ideal form can be seen as a powerful force to create purposive transformations by transmitting ecologically positive habit of practice and attitudes of mind to succeeding generations that share similar religious beliefs. This concept assumes even greater significance on considering howmore than half of the world’s population embraces some sort of religious beliefs t...

Belief and Rationality In recent years deep questions have been raised not only about what constitutes rational justification for religious beliefs, but also about the relevance of standard notions of justification to the analysis of a believer’s relation to her beliefs. Indeed, the net tendency of the Anglo-American discussion since (roughly) 1983 has been to say that religious persons can be ...