God’s plan? The role of emotional repression in forming and sustaining religious beliefs
The motivational account of religion—that belief fulfills a psychological need—has been both historically popular and empirically supported. It is also potentially informative about religious interpretations of negative events (e.g., that they are part of God’s benevolent plan). Yet, it is not clear...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2021
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 4, Pages: 403-423 |
Further subjects: | B
Ambivalence
B negative events B motivated reasoning B Religious Belief B supernatural agents B Repression B interpretive bias |
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