Biological and cognitive underpinnings of religious fundamentalism
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.04.009
Abstract: &NA; Beliefs profoundly affect people's lives, but their cognitive and neural pathways are poorly understood. Although previous research has identified the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) as critical to representing religious beliefs, the means by which… read more here.
Keywords: dlpfc; fundamentalism; religious fundamentalism; cognitive flexibility ... See more keywords
Does religion predict coronavirus conspiracy beliefs? Centrality of religiosity, religious fundamentalism, and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111413
Abstract: There has been an increasing interest in the relationship between religion and psychosocial functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, emerging recent findings suggest that religiousness may have a Janus-face impact on how people cope with… read more here.
Keywords: centrality religiosity; conspiracy; religious fundamentalism; conspiracy beliefs ... See more keywords
Religious Fundamentalism, Humor, and Treatment Outcomes in Individuals in Court-Mandated Substance Abuse Outpatient Treatment
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DOI: 10.1177/0033294116687270
Abstract: The relationship between religious fundamentalism, humor, and psychological well-being was examined with a sample of individuals (n = 109) being treated for drug abuse in a court-mandated AA outpatient program. Three separate factors of religious fundamentalism were… read more here.
Keywords: court mandated; treatment; fundamentalism; religious fundamentalism ... See more keywords
Slapping Them Into Heaven? Individual and Social Religiosity, Religious Fundamentalism, and Belief in Heaven and Hell as Predictors of Support for Corporal Punishment
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DOI: 10.1177/0886260519842857
Abstract: Support for corporal punishment (CP) has been associated with religiosity. Yet, little is known about which aspects of religiosity predict support for CP. To close this gap in the literature, we investigated how individual and… read more here.
Keywords: belief; religiosity; religious fundamentalism; belief heaven ... See more keywords
Knowledge and Learning of Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding in an Indonesian Islamic College Sample: An Epistemological Belief Approach
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DOI: 10.3390/rel11080411
Abstract: Epistemological beliefs are the basis of how someone acquires knowledge and are used as a guide for behavior in everyday life. For religious fundamentalists, however, their belief in religious knowledge is very strong, causing them… read more here.
Keywords: belief; knowledge learning; knowledge; religious fundamentalism ... See more keywords