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I’ve written an essay about why 1950s Ireland had some of the highest institutionalisation rates in the world. Hopefully you find it interesting. (Link in reply.)
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Religiously observant Americans are significantly more generous with both their time and money—supporting both religious and secular causes—compared to secular Americans.
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You walk a knife’s edge when you put on a leather jacket. Every fiber of the garment is telling you to act the bad boy. I’m surprised he held out as long as he did
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AMERICAN PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS THREAD (🇺🇸):
‘The most generous country in the world over a decade of CAF World Giving Index is the United States of America’
cafonline.org/docs/default-s…
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‘The average person in the most religious fifth of Americans is more than four times as generous as his or her counterpart in the least religious fifth, roughly 7 percent vs. roughly 1.5 percent.
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‘Religiously observant Americans are more generous with time and treasure than demographically similar secular Americans. This is true for secular causes (especially help to the needy, the elderly, and young people) as well as for purely religious causes’
goodreads.com/book/show/7841…
goodreads.com/book/show/7841…
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‘It is true even for most random acts of kindness. The link is essentially the same regardless of the particular religion or denomination within which one worships, so that the relevant factor is how much one is engaged with religion, not which religion’
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