ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON JANUARY 2, 2018. All human communities have behavioral or attitudinal norms that serve to establish social boundaries between those in the
Category: Social science
Could Mormon voters have prevented Donald Trump in 2016? Probably not. [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON NOVEMBER 7, 2017. This week is the one-year anniversary of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Many of us had hoped
Internet censorship and “information control” in China [archive]
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON OCTOBER 3, 2017. I recently had the opportunity to attend the 5th annual Mexican Political Science Association conference where Dr. Gary King presented his
The Unintentional Perpetuation of Racial Prejudice by the LDS Church [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON AUGUST 4, 2015. Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of
“Hearing the Other Side” in Political and Religious Communities: Deliberation vs. Participation [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON MAY 7, 2015. In her 2006 book Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy, political scientist Diana Mutz makes an
Social Psychology and Religious Behavior [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON MARCH 20, 2015. In chapter 2 of The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama gives a compelling overview of how human
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