scholarly journals Science and religion: a rocky relationship shaped by shared psychological functions

2020 ◽  
pp. 373-385
Author(s):  
Bastiaan T. Rutjens ◽  
Jesse L. Preston
Keyword(s):  
Science And Religion ◽  
Psychological Functions

scholarly journals Science and religion: a rocky relationship shaped by shared psychological functions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastiaan T Rutjens ◽  
Jesse Lee Preston
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Human Functioning ◽  
Psychological Functions ◽  
Motivational Needs

This chapter reviews work on the shared psychological functions of science and religion. In doing so, we focus on three of these functions that are of particular importance to human functioning: explanation, control, and meaning. The research that is reviewed indicates that both belief systems can help to address motivational needs pertaining to these functions, albeit in different ways and with somewhat different degrees of success. Morality and mortality are two central domains within which this notion is further explored. We conclude that the psychological functions that belief systems fulfil form a central component of both science and religion, as well as of their complicated relationship.

Psychoanalysis as Science and Religion!

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey H. Golland
Keyword(s):  
Science And Religion

Science and Religion, Dalai Lama Style

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Rosch ◽  
Eman Fallah
Keyword(s):  
Science And Religion ◽  
Dalai Lama

Understanding and reducing tension between science and religion: The role of meaning in social cognitive biases and reducing defensiveness

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl R. Van Tongeren ◽  
Jeffrey D. Green ◽  
Timothy L. Hulsey ◽  
Cristine H. Legare ◽  
David G. Bromley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Science And Religion

A 48-hour zero-calory diet significantly alters physiological and psychological functions

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Enck ◽  
F Grau ◽  
A Salini ◽  
S Remmlinger ◽  
A Günther ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Functions

Ghost, Broken Narratives and the Art of Dying

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Lars Rømer
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The World ◽  
Art Of Dying ◽  
The Dead

This article investigates how experiences of ghosts can be seen as a series of broken narratives. By using cases from contemporary as well 19th century Denmark I will argue that ghosts enter the world of the living as sensations that question both common sense understanding and problematize the unfinished death. Although ghosts have been in opposition to both science and religion in Denmark at least since the reformation I will exemplify how people deal with the broken narrative of ghosts in ways that incorporate and mimic techniques of both the scientist and the priest. Ghosts, thus, initiate a dialogue between the dead and the living concerning the art of dying that will enable both to move on.

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