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Imaginary Friends and Made-Up Stories: How to Explore (Non)Religious Imaginaries Without Asking Belief-Centred Questions 虚构的朋友和编造的故事:如何探索(非)宗教的想象而不问以信仰为中心的问题

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2020-03-05 DOI: 10.5334/snr.125

T. Stacey

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Cohesiveness of Group Identity and Characterizations of the Out-Group among Atheist and Christian Student Clubs 无神论与基督教学生社团群体认同的凝聚力与外群体特征

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-11-01 DOI: 10.5334/snr.120

Joshua Doyle

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Atheism, Social Networks and Health: A Review and Theoretical Model 无神论、社会网络与健康：回顾与理论模型

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-10-16 DOI: 10.5334/snr.101

Kevin McCaffree

引用次数: 3

On Learning from the Margins: Jewish Nonreligious Grammars within a Secular-Protestant Landscape 从边缘学习：世俗新教视野中的犹太非宗教语法

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-09-16 DOI: 10.5334/snr.107

R. Sheldon

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Angels and the Digital Afterlife: Death and Nonreligion Online 天使与数字来世:死亡与非宗教在线

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-08-19 DOI: 10.5334/SNR.105

Tim Hutchings

引用次数: 1

Questions You Should Never Ask an Atheist: Towards Better Measures of Nonreligion and Secularity 你永远不应该问无神论者的问题:对非宗教和世俗的更好衡量

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-07-29 DOI: 10.5334/SNR.122

Ryan T. Cragun

引用次数: 11

Social Class and the Stubbornness of Family Myths: How Nonbeliever and Pagan Parents Cope with Intrusions on Parenting by Proselytizing Christian Family Members in the U.S. Bible Belt 社会阶层与家庭神话的顽固性：非信徒和异教徒的父母如何应对美国圣经地带基督教家庭成员对育儿的侵扰

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-06-26 DOI: 10.5334/SNR.92

Amy I. McClure

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Grounding Non-Theological Morality: The Victorian Secularist Movement, Secular Ethics, and Human Progress 基于非神学道德：维多利亚世俗主义运动、世俗伦理与人类进步

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-04-29 DOI: 10.5334/SNR.93

Patrick J. Corbeil

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How Do Religious People Become Atheists? Applying a Grounded Theory Approach to Propose a Model of Deconversion 宗教人士如何成为无神论者？应用扎根理论方法提出解构模型

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-04-24 DOI: 10.5334/snr.108

Sergio Pérez, F. Vallières

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Politics, Individualism, and Atheism: An Examination of the Political Attitudes of Atheist Activists in a Canadian City 政治、个人主义和无神论：加拿大城市无神论活动家的政治态度考察

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Secularism & Nonreligion Pub Date : 2019-02-28 DOI: 10.5334/SNR.112

Jonathan Simmons

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