The View of Religions from Religious and Non-Religious Perspectives

Four dimensional solutions were found to underlie dissimilarity judgments among 16 world religions by respondents from four categories of religious affiliation. Multidimensional scaling procedures resulted in a Foreign-Local and a Godless-Fundamental dimension common to all affiliative categories. A...

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Published in:Journal for the scientific study of religion
Main Author: Russell, Gordon W. 1931- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1975]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1975, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-138
Further subjects:B Conceptual structures
B Islam
B Psychological attitudes
B Religious Identity
B Catholicism
B multidimensional scaling
B Religious buildings
B Religiosity
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Summary:Four dimensional solutions were found to underlie dissimilarity judgments among 16 world religions by respondents from four categories of religious affiliation. Multidimensional scaling procedures resulted in a Foreign-Local and a Godless-Fundamental dimension common to all affiliative categories. A dimension of Power was shared by all but the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints members while a Social Acceptability dimension was used by both Catholics and the L.D.S. The United Church of Canada members and respondents with No Religious Affiliation shared in their use of an Open-Closed dimension whereas the L.D.S. generated a unique Chosen People dimension.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384736