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EVANSTON, Ill., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Do the two greatest advances of the modern West -- science and democracy -- have a common origin in Christianity? Many people today simply assume the answer to this question is no. After all, common wisdom suggests that science, democracy, and Christianity have nothing to do with one another. But Harvard lawyer James Behan, co-author of the new book "The Secret Gospel of Ireland," has uncovered surprising new evidence to the contrary. The...

Rice University study: Scientists think spirituality is congruent with scientific discovery, religion is notMore than 20 percent of atheist scientists are spiritual, according to new research from Rice University. Though the general public marries spirituality and religion, the study found that spirituality is a separate idea "“ one that more closely aligns with scientific discovery "“ for "spiritual atheist" scientists.The research will be published in the June issue of...

In the recent number one bestselling self-help book, "˜The True Dynamics of Life', Mike Robinson asks readers to question life, even when it is going well. Many people only question life, the universe, God etc when things become problematic. When materially comfortable with a feeling of being on top of the world then life can feel great and there is unlikely to be deeper questioning. Humans have a habit of only questioning the reason for living when their very existence is being...

Scientists in the social sciences are more likely to believe in God and attend religious services than are scientists in the natural sciences, according to a survey of 1,646 faculty members at elite research universities by a Rice University sociologist."Based on previous research, we thought that social scientists would be less likely to practice religion than natural scientists are, but our data showed just the opposite," said Elaine Howard Ecklund, a postdoctoral fellow in the...