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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... specific national or other groups " To close kinship by marriage " , " To my club " , " As neighbours " , or " Would exclude them from my country " . A refined method of cumulative scoring was developed by Guttman ( 1950 ) on the ...
... specific national or other groups " To close kinship by marriage " , " To my club " , " As neighbours " , or " Would exclude them from my country " . A refined method of cumulative scoring was developed by Guttman ( 1950 ) on the ...
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... specific doctrinal base . Thouless ( 1935 ) showed that all of these religious beliefs are accepted more confidently than are statements judged to be about matters of fact which are in principle verifiable , probably because of the ...
... specific doctrinal base . Thouless ( 1935 ) showed that all of these religious beliefs are accepted more confidently than are statements judged to be about matters of fact which are in principle verifiable , probably because of the ...
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... specific content of any belief - disbelief system is indepen- dent , in Rokeach's analysis , of their open or closed cognitive structures . As he put it , " The relative openness or closedness of a mind cuts across specific content ...
... specific content of any belief - disbelief system is indepen- dent , in Rokeach's analysis , of their open or closed cognitive structures . As he put it , " The relative openness or closedness of a mind cuts across specific content ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Beyond the classics | 11 |
Identifying the religious variable | 37 |
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