Religion as a defense against the awareness of death

Many people turn to religion as a source of meaning and value. This is supported by research demonstrating that more than 8 out of 10 individuals (84%) identify with some type of faith (Pew Researc

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• Examining Belief in a Just World, Religious Worldviews, and Self-Esteem Within the Framework of Terror Management Theory

  Open Access•Meryem Berrin Bulut•OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying•2020

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• Belief in Supernatural Agents in the Face of Death

  Open Access•Ara Norenzayan, Ian G Hansen et al.•Personality and Social Psychology…•2006

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• Thirty Years of Terror Management Theory

  Open Access•Tom Pyszczynski, Sheldon Solomon et al.•Advances in Experimental Social…•2015

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• Mortality salience and the spreading activation of worldview-relevant constructs

  Jamie Arndt, Jeff Greenberg et al.•Journal of Experimental…•2002

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• The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem

  Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski et al.•1986

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• Implicit Measures in Social Cognition Research

  Russell H Fazio, Michael A Olson•Annual Review of Psychology•2003

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• The Oxford Handbook of Atheism

  Bullivant, Stephen Bullivant et al.•The Oxford Handbook Of Atheism•2013

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• Forgive us our trespasses

  Amber DeBono, Abusaleh Shariff et al.•Psychology of Religion and…•2017

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• A World of Atheism

  A Keysar, Juhem Navarro-Rivera•The Oxford Handbook Of Atheism•2013

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• The six types of nonbelief

  Christopher Silver, Christopher F Silver et al.•Mental Health Religion & Culture•2014

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• Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect

  David Watson, David C Watson et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•1988

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• A theoretical and empirical review of the death-thought accessibility concept in terror management research

  Joseph Hayes, Jeff Schimel et al.•Psychological Bulletin•2010

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• Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review

  Tom Pyszczynski, Jeff Greenberg et al.•Psychological Bulletin•2004

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• Mean Gods Make Good People

  Abusaleh Shariff, Ara Norenzayan•International Journal for the…•2011

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• An Attachment-Theory Approach Psychology of Religion

  Lee A Kirkpatrick, Lee Kirkpatrick•International Journal for the…•1992

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• Overlapping Mental Magisteria

  Luke W Galen, Luke Galen•Method & Theory in the Study of…•2017

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• Kurt Lewin Address

  Open Access•Bertram H Raven•Journal of Social Issues•1999

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• Foxhole atheism, revisited

  Open Access•Jonathan Jong, Jamin Halberstadt et al.•Journal of Experimental Social…•2012

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• Uncovering an existential barrier to breast self-exam behavior

  Open Access•Jamie L Goldenberg, Jamie Arndt et al.•Journal of Experimental Social…•2007

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• A Function of Form

  Mark J Landau, Michaela Johns et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•2004

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• Terror management and religion

  Eva Jonas, Peter Fischer•Journal of Personality and Social…•2006

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• Stereotypes and terror management

  Jeff Schimel, Joshua P Schimel et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•1999

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• Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition

  Anthony G Greenwald, Debbie E Mcghee et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•1998

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• Toward a greater understanding of the emotional dynamics of the mortality salience manipulation

  Alan J Lambert, Fade R Eadeh et al.•Journal of Personality and Social…•2014

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• A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Functions of Religion

  Open Access•Kenneth E Vail, Zachary K Rothschild et al.•Personality and Social Psychology…•2009

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• Two Decades of Terror Management Theory

  Open Access•Brian L Burke, Andy Martens et al.•Personality and Social Psychology…•2010

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• Exploring the Existential Function of Religion and Supernatural Agent Beliefs Among Christians, Muslims, Atheists, and Agnostics

  Open Access•Kenneth E Vail, Jamie Arndt et al.•Personality and Social Psychology…•2012

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• Religion is natural, atheism is not

  Armin W Geertz, Guðmundur Ingi Markússon•Religion•2010

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