Religion as a Context for Character Development with Sarah Schnitker
The Moral Science Podcast
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Is Religion and Spirituality a Good Context for Virtue Development?
One of the downfalls I'd say of religion's spirituality tends to be that it's really good at forming group cohesion, but it can very much exclude people. And so I think that's something religious groups need to watch out for is, okay, we're great at creating cohesion amongst our group, but does that come at the cost of derogating those outside of our group? There have been studies that have shown you can help prevent that effect, but it has to be framed within the context of the meaning system of that religion.
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