A5071643236- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Medieval Philosophy and Theology
- Karl Barth and Christian Theology
- Augustinian Studies and Theology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Catholicism and Religious Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
- Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
- Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
- Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
- Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Harvard University Press
2023-2025
Harvard University
2020-2024
St. Brendan's Hospital
2023
Regent University
2023
Pepperdine University
2023
Baylor University
2019
Abstract The social sciences are still young, and their interaction with older siblings such as philosophy theology is necessarily tentative. This paper outlines three ways in which humanistic disciplines might inform the humanities turn, proceeding each case by way of brief “case studies” to exemplify relation. typology illustrative rather than exhaustive, but its halves nonetheless roughly tracks development a research project humanities, respectively. In first direction, (1) can help...
How might we cultivate a life imbued with purpose and meaning? Though common experience indicates meaning are inherently important, empirical evidence confirms they also linked to improved health/well-being. However, childhood antecedents of in adulthood understudied. We analyzed nationally representative data from 22 countries the Global Flourishing Study (N=202,898) evaluated if 11 aspects child's upbringing predict adulthood, these associations vary by country. Some factors were...
Are certain parts of the world home to people who experience heightened levels purpose and meaning? Do differences vary across key demographic factors? We analyzed nationally representative data from 22 countries (N=202,898) evaluate these questions. Countries Asia (#1 Indonesia, #4 Philippines), Africa (#5 Egypt, #7 Nigeria, #8 Kenya), Latin America (#2 Mexico, #6 Argentina, #9 Brazil) reported highest meaning. The results suggest high meaning are achievable in diverse geographical cultural...
Although prior research documents the importance of belief in God (e.g., for health and well-being), most has focused on Western samples. Much less is known about how one God, multiple gods, or spiritual forces (“Belief God”) differs across cultures demographic groups within those cultures. Using a diverse international dataset over 200,000 individuals from 22 countries, we examined proportions Belief key demographics, focusing country, age, gender, marital status, employment religious...
Loneliness is a major global challenge with significant individual and societal consequences, yet cross-national patterns in its distribution across sociodemographic groups life-course determinants remain understudied. Using nationally representative data from the Global Flourishing Study (N = 202,898) spanning 22 countries diverse contexts, we examined country-specific levels, nine correlates, 13 childhood predictors of loneliness among adults. Substantial variation was observed, ranging...
<title>Abstract</title> Religious Centrality has been widely studied in Europe and North America is generally associated with better psychological social outcomes. centrality often assessed as a measure of intrinsic religiosity (IR)—religion one’s guiding approach to life – validated societies around the world. However, most studies religious centrality/IR are cross-sectional use samples from ‘Western’ or single non-European societies. Moreover, not nationally representative. Systematic...
Religious Centrality has been widely studied in Europe and North America is generally associated with better psychological social outcomes. centrality often assessed as a measure of intrinsic religiosity (IR)—religion one’s guiding approach to life – validated societies around the world. However, most studies religious centrality/IR are cross-sectional use samples from ‘Western’ or single non-European societies. Moreover, not nationally representative. Systematic comparisons difficult...
Are certain parts of the world home to people who experience heightened levels purpose and meaning? Do differences vary across key demographic factors? We analyzed nationally representative data from 22 countries (N=202,898) evaluate these questions. Countries Asia (#1 Indonesia, #4 Philippines), Africa (#5 Egypt, #7 Nigeria, #8 Kenya), Latin America (#2 Mexico, #6 Argentina, #9 Brazil) reported highest meaning. The results suggest high meaning are achievable in diverse geographical cultural...
How might we cultivate a life imbued with purpose and meaning? Though common experience indicates meaning are inherently important, empirical evidence confirms they also linked to improved health/well-being. However, childhood antecedents of in adulthood understudied. We analyzed nationally representative data from 22 countries the Global Flourishing Study (N=202,898) evaluated if 11 aspects child's upbringing predict adulthood, these associations vary by country. Some factors were...
Given the well-founded critiques of academia as Western-centric, there are increasing efforts to conduct research that is more cross-cultural and global. These dynamics apply all aspects life, including human flourishing, exemplified by new Global Flourishing Study (GFS), a longitudinal panel study investigating predictors components flourishing across over 200,000 participants from 22 geographically culturally diverse countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong [S.A.R China, with...
Although prior research documents the importance of belief in God (e.g., for health and well-being), most has focused on Western samples. Much less is known about how one God, multiple gods, or spiritual forces (“Belief God”) differs across cultures demographic groups within those cultures. Using a diverse international dataset over 200,000 individuals from 22 countries, we examined proportions Belief key demographics, focusing country, age, gender, marital status, employment religious...
Religion is an integral part of everyday life for billions people, yet little known about the developmental antecedents religious belief outside Western cultures. Using data from over 200,000 individuals across 22 countries, we evaluate several childhood predictors in God, gods, and spiritual forces (Belief God) adulthood. We hypothesized that these experiences, personal attributes, familial or social circumstances would have meaningful varied associations with Belief God as adults, strength...
Love of neighbor holds a prominent place in ethical and theological thinking across many cultures world religious traditions. While arguably central to the promotion societal wellbeing human flourishing, little has been done on its empirical assessment. We present measure love neighbor, grounded broader conceptual framework concerning interpersonal love, examine psychometric properties using cognitive interviews analyses from datasets numerous countries, cultures, contexts. evidence for two...
Love of neighbor holds a prominent place in ethical and theological thinking across many cultures world religious traditions. While arguably central to the promotion societal wellbeing human flourishing, little has been done on its empirical assessment. We present measure love neighbor, grounded broader conceptual framework concerning interpersonal love, examine psychometric properties using cognitive interviews analyses from datasets numerous countries, cultures, contexts. evidence for two...
Participation in community groups (including both secular and religious groups) is associated with improved health, well-being, societal cohesion. However, less known about conditions that increase participation across the life-course, especially childhood factors. Using data from 202,898 adults 22 countries, this study evaluated candidate antecedents of contexts during adulthood. The associations were examined each country separately, also cross-nationally by meta-analytically pooling...
In an increasingly fragmented and isolated world, community participation remains essential source of social connection. However, how varies across countries sociodemographic groups unclear. Using data from 202,898 adults 22 countries, we examined in both secular religious communities groups. There was substantial cross-national variation rates for communities. On average younger, male, single, more educated people were likely to participate weekly+ Notably, who attended services also engage...
The Global Flourishing Study is a longitudinal panel study of over 200,000 participants in 22 geographically and culturally diverse countries, spanning all six populated continents, with nationally representative sampling, intended annual data collection for five years on numerous aspects flourishing its determinants. A description the study, design, survey development, sampling procedures, participant characteristics provided. We report relations between composite index demographic...
Showing love and care for other people is a vital aspect of human relationships. However, little known about how levels love/care expression differ across cultures demographic groups within those different cultures, or the potential childhood antecedents that are associated with in adulthood. Based on nationally representative data from 22 countries six continents Global Flourishing Study (N=202,898), we present ordered means countries, observe its distributions key sociodemographic...
Contemporary cross-cultural research on flourishing and development has been limited by a focus Western populations typically priorities, attention to only few indicators of flourishing, such as life satisfaction, expectancy, or GDP per capita. This paper highlights some significant challenges for robust cross-national the domains drivers flourishing. Using data from recently proposed Global Comparison Framework Gallup World Poll, we explore within- between-country heterogeneity its...
This paper argues that we can get a better grip on the divergences and convergences between Paul Seneca ethics of love than those offer in large growing literature comparing two by distinguishing their attitudes to broad conceptually distinct families love, which Tyler VanderWeele has described as “contributory love” (which desires good beloved be promoted for its own sake) “unitive regards enjoyed one’s life). I argue debates over whether had more universal ethic neighbor are largely...
Abstract This article defends two arguments proposed by Robert Grosseteste for the view that Incarnation is logically prior to Fall. Each of them motivated goodness Christ as a creature who nonetheless worthy worship, though first considers this fact an intrinsic good, and second it instrumentally virtue its making possible fleshly communion between God his creatures. I will then consider Bonaventure’s reasons rejecting these arguments, which turn on worry they posit divine obligation become...
Seraphicus Supra Angelicum:Universal Hylomorphism and Angelic Mutability* Brendan Case (bio) One of the great philosophical theological debates in second half thirteenth century concerned metaphysical constitution angels, namely whether they are, like trees cats humans, composed "form" "matter," sense given those terms by then newly ascendant Aristotle.1 In this period, field was roughly divided between universal hylomorphism, maintaining that angels are form/matter composites, (let's call...
A key challenge to make effective use of evolutionary algorithms is choose appropriate settings for their parameters. However, the parameter setting generally depends on structure optimisation problem, which often unknown user. Non-deterministic control mechanisms adjust parameters using information obtained from process. Self-adaptation -- where are encoded in chromosomes individuals and evolve through mutation crossover a popular mechanism strategies. there little theoretical evidence that...