The impact of mortality awareness on meaning in life among Christians and atheists

Research derived from terror management theory suggests that reliance on a terror-managing set of beliefs when reminded of death can influence one’s perception of meaning in life. The present research builds on prior work suggesting that religious concepts help to manage the awareness of death, and...

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Authors: Vail, Kenneth E. (Author) ; Soenke, Melissa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2018
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-56
Further subjects:B Atheism
B Terror management
B Christian
B Religion
B mortality salience
B Purpose
B Meaning
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