The Attitudes of Deconverted and Lifelong Atheists Towards Religious Groups: The Role of Religious and Spiritual Identity

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2020-07-30 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2020.1774206

Teemu Pauha, T. A. Renvik, Viivi Eskelinen, J. Jetten, Jolanda van der Noll, J. Kunst, Anette Rohmann, I. Jasinskaja‐Lahti

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Increasing atheism, or the view that there is no God, is a major trend affecting the Western religious landscape. Scholarly interest in atheists has grown together with their number, but unanswered questions abound. In this study, we present survey data (N = 758) collected from deconverted and lifelong atheists in four countries (Australia, Finland, Germany, and Norway), and investigate the relationships between deconversion, religious identity, spiritual identity, and interreligious attitudes. We show that retaining a low level of religious or spiritual identity is more typical for deconverts than life-long atheists. Furthermore, we demonstrate that higher religious or spiritual identity among deconverts is associated with more positive attitudes toward different religious groups (national religious majority, religious minorities in general, and Muslims specifically).

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解构和终身无神论者对宗教群体的态度：宗教和精神身份的作用

越来越多的无神论，或认为没有上帝的观点，是影响西方宗教格局的一个主要趋势。学术界对无神论者的兴趣随着他们人数的增加而增加，但仍有许多悬而未决的问题。在这项研究中，我们收集了来自四个国家(澳大利亚、芬兰、德国和挪威)的去皈依和终身无神论者的调查数据(N = 758)，并调查了去皈依、宗教认同、精神认同和宗教间态度之间的关系。我们表明，与终身无神论者相比，反宗教者更容易保持低水平的宗教或精神认同。此外，我们还证明，在反宗教者中，更高的宗教或精神认同与对不同宗教群体(民族宗教多数，一般宗教少数，特别是穆斯林)的更积极的态度有关。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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4.20

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4.50%

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.