Whether violent video games make you more aggressive has been much debated. Much less discussed is whether video games make you an atheist. OK, not make you an atheist—that’s too strong. But a new study in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion does find that playing video games reduces a sense of the … Continue reading
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Robert Bellah, Sociologist of Religion Who Mapped the American Soul, Dies at 86
Robert N. Bellah, a distinguished sociologist of religion who sought nothing less than to map the American soul, in both the sacred and secular senses of the word, died on July 30 in Oakland, Calif. He was 86. His death, from complications of recent heart surgery, was announced by the University of California, Berkeley, where … Continue reading
