Socio-Cultural Differences in Judgments about the Power of Thought

We examined participants’ (N = 145) beliefs in the power of thought by comparing their judgments about whether desires would be fulfilled through prayer or through another petitionary activity - wishing. Three groups of adults (theists, agnostics, and atheists) read scenarios in which a protagonist...

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Authors: Lane, Jonathan D. (Author) ; Dolins, Francine (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 27, Pages: 174-191
Further subjects:B Religious sociology
B Social sciences
B Religionspsycholigie
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
B Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft & Religionswissenschaft
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