Archived News – February 2019
Feb
26
2019
Feb. 23, 2019
(Third news item) A new Baylor study has found that while women are more likely than men to take the Bible literally, that is because literalism is tied more to a person’s attachment to God, and women generally are socialized differently. “People who take the Bible literally tend to perceive of God more as a person who can be interacted with,” said Blake Kent, Ph.D., a former Baylor sociologist. The study, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was conducted by Kent and Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.
(Third news item) A new Baylor study has found that while women are more likely than men to take the Bible literally, that is because literalism is tied more to a person’s attachment to God, and women generally are socialized differently. “People who take the Bible literally tend to perceive of God more as a person who can be interacted with,” said Blake Kent, Ph.D., a former Baylor sociologist. The study, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was conducted by Kent and Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.
Feb
26
2019
Feb. 23, 2019
(Third news item) A new Baylor study has found that while women are more likely than men to take the Bible literally, that is because literalism is tied more to a person’s attachment to God, and women generally are socialized differently. “People who take the Bible literally tend to perceive of God more as a person who can be interacted with,” said Blake Kent, Ph.D., a former Baylor sociologist. The study, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was conducted by Kent and Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.
(Third news item) A new Baylor study has found that while women are more likely than men to take the Bible literally, that is because literalism is tied more to a person’s attachment to God, and women generally are socialized differently. “People who take the Bible literally tend to perceive of God more as a person who can be interacted with,” said Blake Kent, Ph.D., a former Baylor sociologist. The study, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was conducted by Kent and Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.
Feb
22
2019
Feb. 21, 2019
Women are more likely than men to believe the Bible is literally true, but a Baylor University study finds this may have more to do with how people relate to God than it does gender. Both men and women who report high levels of closeness to God take the Bible more literally – and this confidence grows stronger as they seek intimacy with God through prayer and Bible study. The research, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was conducted by Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and former Baylor sociologist Blake Victor Kent, Ph.D., now a research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Women are more likely than men to believe the Bible is literally true, but a Baylor University study finds this may have more to do with how people relate to God than it does gender. Both men and women who report high levels of closeness to God take the Bible more literally – and this confidence grows stronger as they seek intimacy with God through prayer and Bible study. The research, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was conducted by Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and former Baylor sociologist Blake Victor Kent, Ph.D., now a research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Feb
20
2019
Feb. 20, 2019
Women are more likely than men to believe the Bible is literally true, but a Baylor University study finds this may have more to do with how people relate to God than it does gender. Both men and women who report high levels of closeness to God take the Bible more literally – and this confidence grows stronger as they seek intimacy with God through prayer and Bible study. The research, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was done by Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and former Baylor sociologist Blake Victor Kent, Ph.D., now a research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Women are more likely than men to believe the Bible is literally true, but a Baylor University study finds this may have more to do with how people relate to God than it does gender. Both men and women who report high levels of closeness to God take the Bible more literally – and this confidence grows stronger as they seek intimacy with God through prayer and Bible study. The research, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, was done by Christopher Pieper, Ph.D., senior lecturer of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and former Baylor sociologist Blake Victor Kent, Ph.D., now a research fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Feb
18
2019
WACO, Texas (Feb. 18, 2019) — Women are more likely than men to believe the Bible is literally true, but a recent Baylor University study finds this may have more to do with how people relate to God than it does gender. Both men and women who report high levels of closeness to God take the Bible more literally – and this confidence grows stronger as they seek closeness to God through prayer and Bible study.
Feb
11
2019
Feb. 8, 2019
AUDIO: Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, discusses his recent research which found that the percentage of multiracial congregations in the United States nearly doubled from 1998 to 2012, and upcoming research which will shed light on whether the shift has been effective in crossing cultural barriers. “In the current conditions in our country, we see a racial polarization continuing and maybe even increasing,” Dougherty said. But “Heaven is going to be a place made up of all God’s children of varying cultural and ethnic backgrounds, so why can’t our places of worship be like that today?”
AUDIO: Kevin Dougherty, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, discusses his recent research which found that the percentage of multiracial congregations in the United States nearly doubled from 1998 to 2012, and upcoming research which will shed light on whether the shift has been effective in crossing cultural barriers. “In the current conditions in our country, we see a racial polarization continuing and maybe even increasing,” Dougherty said. But “Heaven is going to be a place made up of all God’s children of varying cultural and ethnic backgrounds, so why can’t our places of worship be like that today?”