Search Results - "Bader, Christopher D."

Sympathy for the Devil: Belief in Satan and Moral Beliefs by Desmond, Scott A., Clark, Tom, Bader, Christopher D.

“…Previous research suggests that religious service attendance, biblical literalism, images of God, and other measures of religion are related to moral beliefs…”
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Divine justice : the relationship between images of God and attitudes toward criminal punishment by Bader, Christopher D., Desmond, Scott A., Carson Mencken, F., Johnson, Byron R.

“…Moral and practical support by Americans for the death penalty - influence of retribution and moral perspectives - capital punishment - Baylor religion survey…”
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Xenophobia, Partisanship, and Support for Donald Trump and the Republican Party by Baker, Joseph O., Bader, Christopher D.

“…During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump distinguished himself from other candidates via his hardline stances on issues of immigration. Using data…”
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The Flesh and The Devil: Belief in Religious Evil and Views of Sexual Morality by Baker, Joseph O., Molle, Andrea, Bader, Christopher D.

“…We examine an understudied connection between religion and sexuality: beliefs about the reality of supernatural evil (Satan, hell, and demons). After…”
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Religion, Self Control, and Substance Use by Desmond, Scott A., Ulmer, Jeffery T., Bader, Christopher D.

“…Previous research has examined a number of mechanisms through which religion might have an indirect influence on substance use. One potential intervening…”
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God in America: Why Theology Is Not Simply the Concern of Philosophers by FROESE, PAUL, BADER, CHRISTOPHER D.

“…As citizens of the most technologically advanced and economically developed country in the world, nearly all Americans stalwartly maintain their faith in God,…”
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American Piety 2005: Content and Methods of the Baylor Religion Survey by BADER, CHRISTOPHER D., MENCKEN, F. CARSON, FROESE, PAUL

“…The Baylor Religion Survey (BRS) is a national population survey of religious characteristics, orientations, and attitudes modeled after the General Social…”
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A Bounded Affinity Theory of Religion and the Paranormal by Baker, Joseph O., Bader, Christopher, Mencken, F. Carson

“…We outline a theory of bounded affinity between religious experiences and beliefs and paranormalism, which emphasizes that religious and paranormal experiences…”
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Toward Assessing and Improving Survey Questions on Religion: The ARDA's Measurement Wizard by Bader, Christopher D., Finke, Roger

“…Developing survey measures of religion is deceptively difficult. As religion in America becomes more diverse and research projects become more global, finding…”
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For the Wrath of God: Fatalism and Images of God in Violent Regions of the World by Bader, Christopher D., Molle, Andrea, Gurrentz, Benjamin, Coyle, James J.

“…Research has found that individuals use religion to understand one's fate in life, which in turn impacts health outcomes. This may be particuforly relevant in…”
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A social anthropology of ghosts in twenty-first-century America by Baker, Joseph O, Bader, Christopher D

“…Although belief in ghosts or analogous concepts is prevalent cross-culturally, including in contemporary Western cultures, social scientific treatments of…”
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Desecration, Moral Boundaries, and the Movement of Law: The Case of Westboro Baptist Church by Baker, Joseph O., Bader, Christopher D., Hirsch, Kittye

“…Using participant observation, in-depth interviews, and legislative histories, we examine Westboro Baptist Church, a religious group infamous for homophobic…”
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Countervailing Forces: Religiosity and Paranormal Belief in Italy by Bader, Christopher D., Baker, Joseph O., Molle, Andrea

“…Due to the unique cultural niche inhabited by "paranormal" beliefs and experiences, social scientists have struggled to understand the relationship between…”
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Do as I Say and as I Do: the Effects of Consistent Parental Beliefs and Behaviors upon Religious Transmission by Bader, Christopher D., Desmond, Scott A.

“…Previous research suggests that when mothers and fathers belong to the same religious denomination and/or they are equally religious, they are better able to…”
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The Ties That Bind: Network Overlap Among Independent Congregations by Smith, Buster G., Scheitle, Christopher P., Bader, Christopher D.

“…While the availability of Internet data on religious organizations has increased exponentially the use of such resources remains limited. The authors make use…”
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The Cumulative Advantage of Religiosity in Preventing Drug Use by Jang, Sung Joon, Bader, Christopher D., Johnson, Byron R.

“…Although previous studies tend to find that religiosity is negatively associated with drug use, their findings are mostly nondevelopmental, whether based on…”
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Conventional Christian Beliefs and Experimentation with the Paranormal by Mencken, F. Carson, Bader, Christopher D., Stark, Rodney

“…We know from previous research that some individuals with strong, conventional Christian beliefs may also profess beliefs in paranormal phenomena incongruent…”
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Round Trip to Hell in a Flying Saucer: The Relationship between Conventional Christian and Paranormal Beliefs in the United States by Mencken, F. Carson, Bader, Christopher D., Kim, Ye Jung

“…In this paper we examine the relationship between conventional Christian and paranormal beliefs. Conventional Christian beliefs are those such as belief in…”
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Religious Diversity in a Conservative Baptist Congregation by Dougherty, Kevin D., Bader, Christopher D., Froese, Paul, Poison, Edward C., Smith, Buster G.

“…One of the important goals of congregational research is to examine shared religious characteristics at the organizational level. Yet, data collection using…”
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Supernatural Support Groups: Who Are the UFO Abductees and Ritual-Abuse Survivors? by Bader, Christopher D.

“…In the 1980s two different groups emerged that exhibited a strikingly similar combination of the quasi-religious and psychotherapeutic--UFO abductees and…”
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