The Psychology of Religious BeliefThis book is concerned with empirical studies of religious belief, and the contexts within which they are to be understood. It also examines classical views of religion, its structures and parameters, the readiness for religion, and the reasons for accepting religious beliefs. While some knowledge of psychology is assumed, the book is designed to be more generally intelligible to the average reader. |
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... Brown and Forgas ( 1980 ) using recent derivatives from factor analysis . Muthen used a three mode factor analysis , while Brown and Forgas set their data up within INDSCAL , a multi - dimensional scaling procedure based on an algorithm ...
... Brown and Forgas ( 1980 ) using recent derivatives from factor analysis . Muthen used a three mode factor analysis , while Brown and Forgas set their data up within INDSCAL , a multi - dimensional scaling procedure based on an algorithm ...
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... Brown's ( 1962 ) replication of Thouless's ( 1935 ) finding that reli- gious beliefs are held more confidently than are matters of fact , found U - shaped distributions of response certainty for belief and disbelief in reli- gious ...
... Brown's ( 1962 ) replication of Thouless's ( 1935 ) finding that reli- gious beliefs are held more confidently than are matters of fact , found U - shaped distributions of response certainty for belief and disbelief in reli- gious ...
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... Brown ( 1962 ) found that this religious factor was independent of personality measures and of any preference for certainty itself . With a different set of measures , Wearing and Brown ( 1972 ) found a single factor that covered ...
... Brown ( 1962 ) found that this religious factor was independent of personality measures and of any preference for certainty itself . With a different set of measures , Wearing and Brown ( 1972 ) found a single factor that covered ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Beyond the classics | 11 |
Identifying the religious variable | 37 |
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