Does Religious Belief Matter for Grief and Death Anxiety? Experimental Philosophy Meets Psychology of Religion

It is commonly reasoned that religious belief moderates death anxiety and aids in coping with loss. However, a philosophical perspective known as meta-atheism includes the claim that avowed religious believers grieve deaths and experience death anxiety as intensely as avowed atheists. Thus, we repor...

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Subtitles:Forum on Religion and Health
Main Author: Feldman, David B. (Author)
Contributors: Fischer, Ian C. (Other) ; Gressis, Robert A. (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 531-539
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Bereavement
B Grief
B Loss
B Religious Belief
B Death Anxiety
B Religiosity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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