Gratitude is felt when we perceive we have received a valuable good that is intended for our
benefit. Although the majority of empirical research on gratitude has looked at benefit …

Karma is believed to be a source of supernatural justice through which actions lead to
morally congruent outcomes, within and across lifetimes. It is a central tenet of many world …

The present research examines the influence of intuitive cognitive domain and religion on
the God concepts of children growing up in religious traditions that present God in ways …

This study tested the hypothesis that in the minds of adult religious adherents, acquired
beliefs about the extraordinary characteristics of God coexist with, rather than replace, an …

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

Research exploring God representations has tended to assume that these constructs are
unitary in nature. However, a considerable research literature has illustrated ways in which …

The current study examined (a) the impact of religious socialization practices and parents'
concepts on the development of an abstract religious concept (ie, God) in young children …

Belief in beings without physical bodies is prevalent in present and past religions, from all-
powerful gods to demonic spirits to guardian angels to immortal souls. Many scholars have …

Social scientists have greatly advanced our understanding of how people think and feel
about God as a person-like, supernatural being. However, there has been insufficient …

We test the effectiveness of 2 different written inductions of gratitude toward God and
analyze the content and outcomes of these gratitude expressions. We recruited 1,170 …