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Academic journals in religious studies, the academic field of multi-disciplinary, secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically based, and cross-cultural perspectives.
James William Fowler III (1940–2015) was an American theologian who was Professor of Theology and Human Development at Emory University.He was director of both the Center for Research on Faith and Moral Development, and the Center for Ethics until he retired in 2005.
Research also suggests that race and gender play a major role in religious development as well. Females tend to believe there is a higher power more than males. They also participate more in organized and personal forms of religion. Females also are more likely to feel like religion is a major factor in their lives.
The following is a partial list of social science journals, including history and area studies. There are thousands of academic journals covering the social sciences in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past. The list given here is far from exhaustive, and contains the most influential, currently publishing ...
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, a professional journal; Anthropological Index Online, a professional journal indexing service; Anthropological Literature, an online database of citations to journal articles and articles in edited volumes and symposia held by the Tozzer Library; Anthropological Perspectives on Religion, a professional ...
Intrinsic aspects of religion may have a positive impact on the internalization and the symbolism of moral identity. The child may internalize the parents' morals if a religion is a family activity or the religious social group's morals to which the child belongs. Religious development mirrors the cognitive and moral developmental stages of ...
Religion publishes academic work on all issues of Religious Studies, including the history, literature, thought, practise, material culture, and institutions of particular religious traditions from a variety of perspectives such as social scientific, humanistic, cognitive, economical, geographical, etc. (but excluding work that falls purely ...
The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (founded in 1949) [1] was formed to advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences. [2] The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by the society to provide a forum for empirical papers in the topic area.