Belief in God, Belief in Science: Exploring the Psychological Correlates of Scientific Fundamentalism as Implicit Religion
Bailey's notion of implicit religion suggests that in contemporary societies the functions served by formal or explicit religions may be assumed by other systems of beliefs. The present paper tests this thesis in respect of the effect of an exaggerated, uncritical, and unqualified belief in the...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
[2018]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 383-412 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Natural sciences
/ Fundamentalism
/ Faith
/ Religion
/ Religious psychology
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RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
Further subjects: | B
Belief in Science
B Psychological factors B BELIEF & doubt B Religion B RELIGIOUS psychology B scientific fundamentalism B Empathy B psychology of religion B Self-esteem B Implicit Religion B God B Modern Society |
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