Religiosity, in its broadest sense, is a comprehensive sociological term used to refer to the numerous aspects of religious activity, dedication, and belief (religious doctrine). Another term that would work equally well, though is less often used, is religiousness. In its narrowest sense, religiosity deals more with how religious a person is, and less with how a person is religious (in practicing certain rituals, retelling certain myths, revering certain symbols, or accepting certain doctrines about deities and afterlife).

Contents

• 1 Components
• 2 Genes and environment
• 3 See also
• 4 References

Noun

churchiness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being churchy.

• churchliness

• English nouns

• Conferences (10)
• Education (1)
• Journals (5)
• Organizations (5)
• People (11)

• Buddhist Psychology@ (18)
• Christian Integration (24)
• Islam and Psychology@ (2)
• New Religious Movements@ (25)

• Forgiveness@ (10)
• Neurotheology (31)
• Religion-Based Counseling@ (5)
• Religious Experience (23)
• Transpersonal Psychology@ (100)

• Science: Science in Society: Science and Religion (78)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Religious Studies (134)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Religious Studies: Sociology of Religion (11)

• Functional Origins of Religious Concepts
  sscnet.ucla.edu
  Essay by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer recounting theory and experimental evidence for the ontological and strategic selection of supernatural concepts.
• Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality
  maps.org
  Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion. (June 17, 2001)
• COG-SCI-REL-L
  jiscmail.ac.uk
  Archived cognitive science of religion email discussion list, focusing particularly on anthropological and cognitive developmental psychology research investigating the formation and transmission of religious ideas.