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Document Information
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Academic text / research paper excerpt (likely produced in legal discovery)
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2.49 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 117 of an academic paper or book regarding the psychology of religion, specifically focusing on 'absorption' and prayer. The author discusses quantitative research conducted in collaboration with Howard Nusbaum and Ron Thisted, likely funded by or associated with the Templeton group. The page bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' stamp, indicating it was included in document production for a congressional investigation, likely related to Jeffrey Epstein's connections to scientific communities and funding.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Howard Nusbaum | Collaborator |
Collaborated with the author on quantitative work regarding absorption and prayer.
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| Ron Thisted | Collaborator |
Collaborated with the author on quantitative work regarding absorption and prayer.
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| Author (Unnamed) | Researcher/Writer |
The narrator ('I') discussing their research with the Templeton group.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Templeton group |
Group the author was involved with, likely the John Templeton Foundation.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT', indicating the document was part of a congressional investigation.
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Timeline (1 events)
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Quantitative and experimental research work performed by the author, Nusbaum, and Thisted.
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Locations (1)
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Referenced in the context of the importance of prayer.
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Relationships (3)
The more quantitative work—done in collaboration with Howard Nusbaum...
The more quantitative work—done in collaboration with Howard Nusbaum and Ron Thisted...
As a result of my involvement with the Templeton group...
Key Quotes (3)
"Prayer is basically training in absorption, at least the kind of prayer in which the person praying focuses inwardly and disattends to the everyday world in order to engage with God."Source
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"Absorption is the capacity to focus one’s attention on a non-instrumental (and often internal) object while disattending to everyday exterior surrounds."Source
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"The more quantitative work—done in collaboration with Howard Nusbaum and Ron Thisted--suggests that those who have a proclivity for absorption and who trained that proclivity through prayer are indeed more able to accomplish the demanding learning that this concept of God sets out."Source
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