Meaning-making in an atheist world

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-78

  Schnell, Tatjana ^a   Keenan, William J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atheism; crisis of meaning; meaning in life; nonbelief; sources of meaning; Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955679387     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361211X564611     Document Type: Article

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