When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalm 8:3,4
"The Abstract from the journal Emotion, where the research appears, summarizes:Past research has established a relationship between awe and explanatory frameworks, such as religion.
(a) the effects of awe on a separate source of explanation: attitudes toward science, and
(b) how the effects of awe on attitudes toward scientific explanations depend on individual differences in theism.
Across 3 studies, we find consistent support that awe decreases the perceived explanatory power of science for the theistic (Study 1 and 2) and mixed support that awe affects attitudes toward scientific explanations for the nontheistic (Study 3)." EN&V
