I'm pretty certain there are religions which don't believe in an immaterial soul; Frederick Buechner was a prominent non-dualist Christian theologian, for example.
In fact, I'm going to go further and be didactic: "not based on science" is also an incorrect qualifier, since religions have formed from scientific discovery, so the only actual qualifying trait of religion is that it involves unprovable/supernatural beliefs. Or, to put it another way:
Religion implies Faith; Faith is belief in the absence of proof.
Similarly, the only common trait of all atheists is that they believe themselves to not take important ideas on Faith (frequently they are wrong).
Christianity, other common religions, and the specific issues that surround them are cultural, not ethical or psychological.
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In fact, I'm going to go further and be didactic: "not based on science" is also an incorrect qualifier, since religions have formed from scientific discovery, so the only actual qualifying trait of religion is that it involves unprovable/supernatural beliefs. Or, to put it another way:
Religion implies Faith; Faith is belief in the absence of proof.
Similarly, the only common trait of all atheists is that they believe themselves to not take important ideas on Faith (frequently they are wrong).
Christianity, other common religions, and the specific issues that surround them are cultural, not ethical or psychological.