Literal, Antiliteral, and Mythological Religious Orientations

A sample of 234 college undergraduates were clustered into relatively homogeneous religious types based on the similarity of their religious profiles on three scales of religious commitment delineated by Hunt (1972): Literal, Antiliteral, and Mythological. Consistent with Hunt's previous notion...

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1. VerfasserIn: Poythress, Norman Godfrey (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [1975]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Jahr: 1975, Band: 14, Heft: 3, Seiten: 271-284
weitere Schlagwörter:B Standardized tests
B Religious prejudice
B Mythology
B College students
B Skepticism
B Spiritual belief systems
B Social Psychology
B Religiosity
B Authoritarianism
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Zusammenfassung:A sample of 234 college undergraduates were clustered into relatively homogeneous religious types based on the similarity of their religious profiles on three scales of religious commitment delineated by Hunt (1972): Literal, Antiliteral, and Mythological. Consistent with Hunt's previous notions, the Mythological commitment was a prominent one among subjects tested. However, a second contention of Hunt's -- that proreligious subjects of different substantive orientations might differ in terms of personality characteristics -- was not supported. Literally-oriented religious Believers did not differ significantly from Mythologically-oriented Believers on measures of intelligence, authoritarianism, or racial prejudice. Religious Believers as a group were found to be significantly less intelligent and more authoritarian than religious Skeptics.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384909