عنوان

There Are Plenty of Atheists in Foxholes-in Sweden

شماره

LA109032

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

There Are Plenty of Atheists in Foxholes-in Sweden

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Pehr Granqvist, Jakob Moström, Pehr Granqvist, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

We evaluated the veracity of a famous aphorism that is often cited in the scientific study of religion: "There are no atheists in foxholes." To provide a critical evaluation, the sample was drawn from one of the world's most secular spots, Sweden. We explored the prevalence of various religious beliefs/non-beliefs and prayer in a sample of parents (n = 57) living with a major threat: having a child with a life-threatening heart condition. For comparison purposes, the prevalence of such beliefs and prayer were explored also in a sample (n = 72) of parents with healthy children. Results showed that a majority of parents endorsed atheist or agnostic beliefs, whereas only a minority endorsed religious beliefs. Roughly half of the sample engaged in prayer. The group of parents with sick children was statistically indistinguishable from the comparison group parents on all variables. Also, between-group differences were generally negligible in terms of effect size; thus, the null results were not due to statistical power problems. We conclude that there may be plenty of atheists in some foxholes. We evaluated the veracity of a famous aphorism that is often cited in the scientific study of religion: "There are no atheists in foxholes." To provide a critical evaluation, the sample was drawn from one of the world's most secular spots, Sweden. We explored the prevalence of various religious beliefs/non-beliefs and prayer in a sample of parents (n = 57) living with a major threat: having a child with a life-threatening heart condition. For comparison purposes, the prevalence of such beliefs and prayer were explored also in a sample (n = 72) of parents with healthy children. Results showed that a majority of parents endorsed atheist or agnostic beliefs, whereas only a minority endorsed religious beliefs. Roughly half of the sample engaged in prayer. The group of parents with sick children was statistically indistinguishable from the comparison group parents on all variables. Also, between-group differences were generally negligible in terms of effect size; thus, the null results were not due to statistical power problems. We conclude that there may be plenty of atheists in some foxholes.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

199-213

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

36/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

agnosticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

atheism

اصطلاح موضوعی

prayer

اصطلاح موضوعی

religious beliefs

اصطلاح موضوعی

secularism

اصطلاح موضوعی

stress

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jakob Moström

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Pehr Granqvist

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15736121-12341285

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y