SBNR identity: the role of impersonal God representations, individualistic spirituality, and dissimilarity with religious groups
Johnson, Kathryn A., Sharp, Carissa A., Okun, Morris A., Shariff, Azim F. and Cohen, Adam B. (2018) SBNR identity: the role of impersonal God representations, individualistic spirituality, and dissimilarity with religious groups. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. ISSN 1050-8619
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Abstract
We conducted two studies investigating the extent to which self-identification as SBNR was associated with: (H1) the development of idiosyncratic religious beliefs and exposure to religious diversity; and/or (H2) negative attitudes toward organized religion and being hurt by members of a religious group. In Study 1, SBNRs scored higher than Religious and Non-religious participants on belief in God as an impersonal cosmic force (but not as a personal being) and individualistic spirituality. Although SBNRs had positive attitudes toward religion, they were less positive than those identifying as Religious. Exposure to religious diversity and hurt by religious groups were not significant predictors of SBNR. We replicated these results in Study 2 using a multi-item measure of God representations and also found that SBNRs’ attitudes toward religion were predicted by a perceived dissimilarity with religious groups over and above individualism, secular group participation, perceptions of Christianity as too structured, and liberalism.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion on 20 March 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10508619.2018.1445893 |
| Divisions: | Research Centres > Centre for Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society |
| Depositing User: | Jane Faux |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2018 13:50 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2019 06:10 |
| URI: | https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17209 |
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