No Atheists in Foxholes: Motivated Reasoning and Religious Belief

Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Willer, Robb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atheism; Faith; Motivation; Religion; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920466972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195320916.003.010     Document Type: Chapter

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