Explaining Atheism: Testing the Secondary Compensator Model and Proposing an Alternative

William Sims Bainbridge has proposed a compensator theory to account for atheism, specifically theorizing that a lack of social obligations allows more freedom for individuals to espouse atheism. Despite the development of testable hypotheses, Bainbridge relies on bivariate statistics to bolster his...

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Main Author: Hunter, Laura A. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2010]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 6, Pages: 1-37
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