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Psychology, Meaning Making, and the Study of Worldviews

2018-07-26

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<p>To get beyond the solely negative identities signaled by atheism and agnosticism, we have to conceptualize an object of study that includes religions and non-religions. We advocate a shift from “religions” to “worldviews” and define worldviews in terms of the human ability to ask and reflect on “big questions” ([BQs], e.g., what exists? how should we live?). From a worldviews perspective, atheism, agnosticism,...

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529b8d65-1066-5e00-afee-2d3c532920cf
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10.31234/osf.io/nbuz5
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