Humans are social creatures that interact in a number of different and at least partially independent social settings, such as work, home, social and political organizations, and church. In each setting one has an identity, or set of identities, which one is called upon to achieve. To obtain and...

The church has played a central role in establishing and maintaining, as well as undermining, communities throughout history. We explore mechanisms through which it coordinates individual behaviors to achieve improvements in welfare, and reveal ways in which it can fail, causing communities to...

An individual's health can be subdivided into three categories: physical health, mental health, and psychic health. Extensive empirical work has shown that the health of the spirit, that is, psychic health, is an important correlate of the health of the body and the mind. To trace the linkages...