What if there were no God? Politically conservative and liberal Christians imagine their lives without faith

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1668-1672

  McAdams, Dan P ^a   Albaugh, Michelle ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Counterfactual thinking; Political attitudes; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349129114     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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