Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities: a cross-cultural investigation

The existential security hypothesis predicts that in the absence of more successful secular institutions, people will be attracted to religion when they are materially insecure. Most assessments, however, employ data sampled at a state-level with a focus on world religions. Using individual-level da...

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Authors: Baimel, Adam (Author) ; Apicella, Coren (Author) ; Atkinson, Quentin (Author) ; Bolyanatz, Alex (Author) ; Cohen, Emma (Author) ; Handley, Carla (Author) ; Henrich, Joseph 1968- (Author) ; Kundtová Klocová, Eva (Author) ; Lang, Martin (Author) ; Lesogorol, Carolyn (Author) ; Mathew, Sarah (Author) ; McNamara, Rita (Author) ; Moya, Cristina (Author) ; Norenzayan, Ara 1970- (Author) ; Placek, Caitlyn D. (Author) ; Soler, Monserrat (Author) ; Vardy, Thomas (Author) ; Weigel, Jonathan 1986- (Author) ; Willard, Aiyana (Author) ; Xygalatas, Dēmētrēs 1977- (Author) ; Purzycki, Benjamin (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2022
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 4-17
Further subjects:B Cross-cultural
B existential insecurity
B Religious Commitment
B moralistic gods
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