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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... Values , first developed in 1931 and based on Spranger's ( 1928 ) Types of Men with its six values , theoretical , economic , aesthetic , social , political and religious , is the best known of the value - oriented measures , despite ...
... Values , first developed in 1931 and based on Spranger's ( 1928 ) Types of Men with its six values , theoretical , economic , aesthetic , social , political and religious , is the best known of the value - oriented measures , despite ...
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... values that they invoke , and they are neces- sarily precursors to religious conviction . Religious values Rokeach's ( 1968 ) study of the terminal and instrumental values of a national sample in the United States found clear ...
... values that they invoke , and they are neces- sarily precursors to religious conviction . Religious values Rokeach's ( 1968 ) study of the terminal and instrumental values of a national sample in the United States found clear ...
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... values , and the con- flicts between them and religious values can be resolved privately ( by not letting your right hand know what your left hand is doing ) , switching into a hostile mode , even if that is in the name of religion , or ...
... values , and the con- flicts between them and religious values can be resolved privately ( by not letting your right hand know what your left hand is doing ) , switching into a hostile mode , even if that is in the name of religion , or ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Beyond the classics | 11 |
Identifying the religious variable | 37 |
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