Citation

Bradshaw M, Ellison CG. J. Sci. Study Relig. 2009; 48(2): 241-251.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01443.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In the debate about biological dispositions or differential sex-role socialization, too much emphasis is given to an either- or dichotomy. We argue that the higher religiosity of women is likely the product of both biological and environmental influences by discussing: (1) the fallacy of nature “versus” nurture; (2) biological influences on religious outcomes; (3) biological influences on the predictors of religious involvement; (4) causality and confounding in social science; and (5) interdisciplinary models of biology-environment interplay.