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Sociologists Discover Religion
Campus Report ^ | October 16, 2007 | Heyecan Veziroglu

Posted on 10/16/2007 12:25:35 PM PDT by bs9021

Sociologists Discover Religion

by: Heyecan Veziroglu, October 16, 2007

Religious belief and practice helps people prevent conflict by showing them a mutual sacred purpose and vision, leading sociologists said recently in a conference session hosted by the Heritage Foundation.

Associate Professor Dr. Jeffrey Ulmer from Pennsylvania State University examines the degree to which religiosity increases self-control. He points out that religious observance builds self-control and substance use is lower in stronger moral communities.

Dr. Ulmer argues that self-control is a cognitive resource and that it is a product of social learning. Psychologists have developed a ‘muscle’ or a ‘strength’ model of self-control, he explained at the symposium which was co-sponsored by Child Trends and The Baylor Institute for the Studies of Religion. Dr. Byron Johnson from Baylor also points out that religiosity decreases drug use and pre-teen religiosity increases religious involvement.

Similarly, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Scott Desmond from Purdue University states that church attendance is important for adolescents. Those who don’t have any self-control lack care and decision-making skills.

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: culture; drugabuse; religiousity; selfcontrol

1 posted on 10/16/2007 12:25:37 PM PDT by bs9021
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To: bs9021

Unbelievable!!!!

Was there any peer-reviewed research?????

;)


2 posted on 10/16/2007 12:33:05 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: bs9021

Religious belief and practice helps people prevent conflict by showing them a mutual sacred purpose and vision, leading sociologists said recently in a conference session hosted by the Heritage Foundation.
***Kind of a high duhh factor on that one.


3 posted on 10/16/2007 12:36:50 PM PDT by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq— via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.))
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To: bs9021

“Sociologists Discover Religion” -

can be used to rationalize atheistic socialist ideology for those looking for an excuse to support it.


4 posted on 10/16/2007 12:47:27 PM PDT by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%

A Heritage publication about religion and social integrity can be found here:

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/bg1992.cfm

it includes a 100+ source list at the bottom.


5 posted on 10/16/2007 1:16:59 PM PDT by bs9021 (facts speak loudly)
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To: bs9021

And in other breaking news, the sun set in the west tonight.


6 posted on 10/16/2007 3:18:09 PM PDT by trimom
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