عنوان

An Assessment of the Role of Early Parental Loss in the Adoption of Atheism or Irreligion

شماره

LA108956

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

An Assessment of the Role of Early Parental Loss in the Adoption of Atheism or Irreligion

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Frank L. Pasquale

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Early parental loss or trauma has been proposed by some as a significant factor in the adoption of atheist, non-theist, or irreligious worldviews. Relevant empirical data, however, have been limited, impressionistic, methodologically questionable, or limited to historically prominent figures. Survey data from the GSS and a study of affirmatively non-theistic and irreligious secular group affiliates in the U.S. do not provide evidence of disproportionately high rates of early parental loss among individuals who describe themselves as "atheist(ic)" or "anti-religious," reject belief in God, or express strong anger about religion. Loss of a parent or other loved may play a role in turns toward, as well as away from, God and religion for some. There is also evidence of comparatively high rates of parental loss in the lives of historically prominent figures, both religious and non-religious. Present results, however, do not support the hypothesis that early loss is a disproportionately frequent experience in the lives of ("ordinary") atheistic or irreligious people. Early parental loss or trauma has been proposed by some as a significant factor in the adoption of atheist, non-theist, or irreligious worldviews. Relevant empirical data, however, have been limited, impressionistic, methodologically questionable, or limited to historically prominent figures. Survey data from the GSS and a study of affirmatively non-theistic and irreligious secular group affiliates in the U.S. do not provide evidence of disproportionately high rates of early parental loss among individuals who describe themselves as "atheist(ic)" or "anti-religious," reject belief in God, or express strong anger about religion. Loss of a parent or other loved may play a role in turns toward, as well as away from, God and religion for some. There is also evidence of comparatively high rates of parental loss in the lives of historically prominent figures, both religious and non-religious. Present results, however, do not support the hypothesis that early loss is a disproportionately frequent experience in the lives of ("ordinary") atheistic or irreligious people.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

375-396

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

32/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

atheism

اصطلاح موضوعی

early parental loss hypothesis

اصطلاح موضوعی

irreligion

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Frank L. Pasquale

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157361210X533292

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y