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Azim Shariff

Assistant Professor of Psychology | University of Oregon

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July 07, 2014

On Free Will, Fate, and a Science That Sways Juries→

July 07, 2014/ ScienceSites

July 8, 2014

- Pacific Standard

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2014, in-the-news
February 28, 2014

Study: People Who Believe in Heaven Happier With Their Lives→

February 28, 2014/ ScienceSites

February 25, 2014

- CBS News

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2014, in-the-news
February 28, 2014

People Who Believe Hell Are Less Happy→

February 28, 2014/ ScienceSites

February 24, 2014

- Live Science

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2014, in-the-news
February 28, 2014

Kiss Me, I’m an Atheist→

February 28, 2014/ ScienceSites

January 23, 2014

- Al Jazeera America

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January 22, 2014

The Devil's in the Deterrent→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

September 3, 2012

- The Economist

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Why Climate Change Doesn’t Spark Moral Outrage, and How It Could→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

July 27, 2012

- Grist

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Heaven Can't Help You, But Hell Just Might Be Able To→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 28, 2012

- Jezebel

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Hell Helps Keep Society Safe→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 27, 2012

- LiveScience

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Heaven Help Us? Crime Rates Higher in Countries That Believe in 'Supernatural Benevolence'→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 25, 2012

- The Globe and Mail

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Is God's Mercy to Blame for High Crime Rates?→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 22, 2012

- New Scientist

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Study Finds People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 22, 2012

- CBS Seattle

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

A Little More Punishment Could Mean a Lot Less Crime→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 21, 2012

- The Telegraph

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Belief in an Angry God Is the Strongest Predictor of a Country's Crime Rate→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 20, 2012

- io9

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2012, in-the-news
January 22, 2014

Belief in Hell Better Predictor of Crime Than Promise of Heaven, UO Professor Finds→

January 22, 2014/ ScienceSites

June 19, 2012

- The Oregonian

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Azim Shariff

Recent Articles

  • Does Religion Increase Moral Behavior? (PDF)

    — Current Opinion in Psychology

  • Negative Stereotypes cause Christians to Underperform In and Disidentify with Science (PDF)

    — Social and Personality Psychology Science

  • The Cultural Evolution of Prosocial Religions (PDF)

    — Behavioral and Brain Sciences

  • Morality and the Religious Mind: Why Theists and Non-Theists Differ (PDF)

    — Trends in Cognitive Science

  • Free Will and Punishment: A Mechanistic View of Human Nature Reduces Retribution (PDF)

    — Psychological Science

In The News

  • What if your self-driving car decides one death is better than two — and that one is you?

    — Washington Post

  • Would Voters Entrust The White House To An Atheist?

    Tania Lombrozo discusses the assumption that religious beliefs are necessary for morality.

  • Mind Over Masters: The Question of Free Will

    Azim speaks on a panel on Free Will at the World Science Festival.

  • On Free Will, Fate, and a Science That Sways Juries

    A new study shows how teaching people about neuroscience can make them softer on crime. — Pacific Standard

  • Study: People Who Believe in Heaven Happier With Their Lives

    Belief in Heaven is consistently associated with greater happiness and life satisfaction — CBS News

  • Kiss Me, I’m an Atheist

    Nonbelievers need a new PR campaign, one that emphasizes their civic engagement — Al Jazeera America

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Azim Shariff, of the University of Oregon, discusses psychological and social consequences of religious (dis)belief at the Breaking New Ground in the Science and Religion Dialogue conference at the University of Texas at Austin.

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