عنوان

Meaning-Making in an Atheist World

شماره

LA108961

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Meaning-Making in an Atheist World

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

William J. F. Keenan, Tatjana Schnell, William J. F. Keenan, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article explores atheist meaning-making by employing a multidimensional model of meaning operationalized by the Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe). When compared to a representative sample of "religionists" (N = 390) and "nones" (N = 178), atheists (N = 102) show lower degrees of meaningfulness, but they do not suffer from crises of meaning more frequently. However, subsequent cluster analysis reveals that heterogeneity within atheism has to be taken into account. Three types of atheists are identified. 'Low-commitment' atheists are characterised by generally low commitment; they report very low meaningfulness and a high frequency of crises of meaning. 'Broad-commitment' atheists exhibit considerably higher levels of meaningfulness and rare crises of meaning. They evidence, in particular, high scores on the dimension of well-being and relatedness. The third type, primarily committed to "selfactualization," exhibits moderate levels of meaningfulness, with crises of meaning being literally absent. Common to most atheists is a particular commitment to self-knowledge, freedom, knowledge, individualism, and comfort. In comparing male and female atheists, gendered patterns of commitment are discovered. This article explores atheist meaning-making by employing a multidimensional model of meaning operationalized by the Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe). When compared to a representative sample of "religionists" (N = 390) and "nones" (N = 178), atheists (N = 102) show lower degrees of meaningfulness, but they do not suffer from crises of meaning more frequently. However, subsequent cluster analysis reveals that heterogeneity within atheism has to be taken into account. Three types of atheists are identified. 'Low-commitment' atheists are characterised by generally low commitment; they report very low meaningfulness and a high frequency of crises of meaning. 'Broad-commitment' atheists exhibit considerably higher levels of meaningfulness and rare crises of meaning. They evidence, in particular, high scores on the dimension of well-being and relatedness. The third type, primarily committed to "selfactualization," exhibits moderate levels of meaningfulness, with crises of meaning being literally absent. Common to most atheists is a particular commitment to self-knowledge, freedom, knowledge, individualism, and comfort. In comparing male and female atheists, gendered patterns of commitment are discovered.

تاريخ نشر

2011

توصيف ظاهري

55-78

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

33/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

atheism

اصطلاح موضوعی

crisis of meaning

اصطلاح موضوعی

meaning in life

اصطلاح موضوعی

nonbelief

اصطلاح موضوعی

sources of meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe)

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Tatjana Schnell

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

William J. F. Keenan

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157361211X564611

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y