From the Priory’s Christmas 2015 newsletter:
“A study done at the University of Chicago shows that religious people are by and large inclined to be less altruistic than their secular peers. The study concerned all religions, not just Christianity, and not just North America. Other studies have shown that the relationship between generosity and belief is vastly complex. Still if Dickens was right, there is a direct connection between what Christians believe happened at Christmas and that ‘Christmas feeling:’ generosity of heart.”
