News tagged with religious rituals
Study shows religion is a potent force for cooperation, conflict
Across history and cultures, religion increases trust within groups but also may increase conflict with other groups, according to an article in a special issue of Science.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2012 |
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Ancient seal found in Jerusalem linked to ritual
A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem's Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Malaysian Buddhists hold apple ritual for Jobs
A Buddhist temple on Malaysia's island resort of Penang has held a religious ritual in which mourners bit an apple to hasten Apple visionary Steve Jobs' reincarnation, a report said Tuesday.
Oct 18, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: Clean hands equal a healthy body
According to Wikipedia, handshaking was practiced as long ago as the 5th century BCE. That's 25 centuries of passing germs around by hand.
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Start of Ramadan could signal substantial stock gains
During the holy month of Ramadan, which starts next week, stock returns are almost nine times higher in predominately Muslim countries than during other times of the year, an indication that Ramadan positively affects investor ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Coral tests show fast construction pace for Polynesian temples
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient Polynesians went from building small-scale temples to constructing monumental, pyramid-shaped temples in just 140 years, not in four or five centuries as previously calculated, according ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 09, 2010 |
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Divine intervention? New research looks at beliefs about God's influence in everyday life
Most Americans believe God is concerned with their personal well-being and is directly involved in their personal affairs, according to new research out of the University of Toronto.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 09, 2010 |
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South Korean shamans fluidly absorb cultural change
spurred by the world's fastest-growing economy from the 1960s to the 1990s—has rapidly developed, shamans and the rituals they perform have adapted to their new hyper-modern landscape and transformed their ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2010 |
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A wives tale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women members of ancient religious sect in India balance traditional subservience to husbands with equal commitment to nonviolence.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Prayer on the hospital floor
What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Collective religious rituals, not religious devotion, spur support for suicide attacks
In a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Jeremy Ginges and Ian Hansen from the New School for Social Research along with psychologist Ara Norenzayan from t ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
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