This meta-analysis explores the long-standing and heavily debated question of whether
religiosity is associated with prosocial and antisocial behavior at the individual level. In an …

Past meta-analyses of the effects of priming on overt behavior have not examined whether
the effects and processes of priming behavioral or nonbehavioral concepts (eg, priming …

Moralizing religions encourage people to anticipate supernatural punishments for violating
moral norms, even in anonymous interactions. This is thought to be one way large-scale …

Highlights•Religiousness is related to self-reports of prosociality.•Behavioral measures often
confirm the religion-prosociality link though less consistently.•When religiousness is related …

Supernatural beliefs are ubiquitous around the world, and mounting evidence indicates that
these beliefs partly rely on intuitive, cross‐culturally recurrent cognitive processes …

Highlights•Most of findings in psychology of religion are derived from Western Christian
contexts.•Recent research investigating the impact of religion on various outcomes in East …

Religiosity has been linked with prosocial behavior and a preference for religious ingroups
over outgroups. Yet, there are important differences in religious people's beliefs, values, and …

The ego-moving perspective and the time-moving perspective are the two common
metaphors used to spatially represent time. The former describes time as a stationary object …

What explains the ubiquity and cultural success of prosocial religions? Leading accounts
argue that prosocial religions evolved because they help societies grow and promote group …

Abstract Many people, and American Christians in particular, view God as a benevolent
protector. Those who believe in God may therefore expect that they can safely engage in …