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The importance of protecting religious buildings in war
It has been a long and violent conflict, but the parties have finally come to an agreement to put down their weapons – now it’s time for peace to settle in society. Unfortunately, there are a limited
Vaccine confidence is higher in more religious countries
Human vaccines and immunotherapeutics Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to global health, but it is not ubiquitous; depending on the country, the proportion that have confidence in vaccines ranges
Religion and Fertility: A Longitudinal Register Study Examining Differences by Sex, Parity, Partner’s Religion, and Religious Conversion in Finland
European Journal of Population, vol. 40:9 Abstract We use longitudinal data on religious affiliation in Finland to examine childbearing behavior. All analyses are based on detailed fertility information
Religious development from adolescence to early adulthood among Muslim and Christian youth in Germany: A person-oriented approach, Child Development
Child Development Abstract Religious decline, often observed among North American Christian youth, may not apply universally. We examined this and whether religiosity is associated with well-being, risk
Religion and mental health in young adulthood: a register-based study on differences by religious affiliation in sickness absence due to mental disorders in Finlan
Epidemiology & Community Health vol. 78, issue 6 Abstract BackgroundReligiosity and spirituality are known to be positively correlated with health. This is the first study to analyse the interrelatio
Socioeconomic Advantage or Community Attachment? A Register-Based Study on the Difference in National Lutheran Church Affiliation Between Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland
Journal for the scientific study of religion Abstract Secularization theory has been challenged by research showing religious persistence and upswing in contexts across the world. In Europe, particularl
How religiosity is transmitted to new generations and what inequality has to do with it
Many things that we deeply care about are related to the topic of religion: gender norms, sexual morals, work ethics but also altruism, charity and community. It is therefore an important question to Contrary to what you might expect, religion continues to play an important role in countries all over the world, as the figure shows.
Completed: Crossing boundaries in social work. Collaborative partnerships and interventions towards particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden
The study explores welfare governance in relation to disadvantaged areas in Sweden. The project aims to contribute with knowledge about how to build trust, promote safety, and break a negative societal development.
What's (not) underpinning ambivalent sexism?: Revisiting the roles of ideology, religiosity, personality, demographics, and men's facial hair in explaining hostile and benevolent sexism
Personality and Individual Differences, Volume: 122, pp. 29-37. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.10.001 Abstract Ambivalent sexism is a two-dimensional framework that assesses sexist and misogynous attitudes
Divine Placebo: Health and the Evolution of Religion
Human Ecology, 47, 157-163 Abstract In this paper, I draw on knowledge from several disciplines to explicate the potential evolutionary significance of health effects of religiosity. I present three mai
