Reflections on Religious Belief and Prosociality: Comment on Galen (2012)

Autor/in	Myers, David G.
Titel	Reflections on Religious Belief and Prosociality: Comment on Galen (2012)
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 138 (2012) 5, S.913-917 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
DOI	10.1037/a0029009
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Religion; Religious Factors; Identification; Correlation; Prosocial Behavior; Questioning Techniques; Sex; Research; Well Being; Priming; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; Korrelation; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Geschlecht; Geschlechtsverkehr; Forschung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; USA
Abstract	Luke Galen (2012) offers a timely analysis of associations between religiosity and prosocial and antisocial attitudes and behaviors. After identifying 10 points of agreement, I raise 8 questions for further reflection and research: (1) Is ingroup giving and volunteerism not prosocial? (2) Are religion-related prosocial norms part of the religious factor? (3) Is social support also appropriately considered part of the religious factor? (4) Are self-report data from more and less religious people invalid? (5) How should we disentangle gender and religiosity? (6) How might we resolve "the religious engagement paradox"? (7) Does religion serve an adaptive, evolutionary function? And (8) Might research further explore religiosity, in its varieties, and prosociality? (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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